All Forum Posts by: Cal C.

 Thank you for actually answering my question!  

So paying 6% commission rather than 3% commission to the agent was in the best interest of the seller?  I didn't sign the contract because I felt the agent was screwing the seller.  

 I would have been quite happy for the realtor to get a 3% commission.  It was the 6% commission that I felt he didn't deserve.   It was incredibly short sighted of this agent since I probably would have bought several more from him over the years even he would have been reasonable about the commission.  

 Yes they can report it, but they had nothing to do with it.   Thus it is up to me to report it or not.  BTW when you mentioned fines, you were clearly implying that my agent was being unethical otherwise there is absolutely no other reason to mention fines. 

Actually, I didn't want to report them.   If I  did I would have reported them already.  But I wanted to get a sense of what others would do about an unethical agent.  How y'all turned this against my agent and my PM is stunning and knowing the people involved it is even more stunning.  I've known both my agent and my PM to give up significant sums because it was the right thing to do.  They certainly don't deserve to be attacked for pointing out that an unethical agent has been unethical.  

You avoided my question.  Did my PM act unethically too for wanting me to report this unethical agent?  

Seriously, so it is my agent that is being unethical?  What about my PM do you think he was being unethical too for wanting to report an unethical agent?  

I tried to keep this short.  I figured when I wrote that both my agent and my PM who is also an agent were urging me to report this agent in question, I figured that would be enough to show that he was unethical. 

I cared, thus I didn't sign the contract.  

I'll try to make this short.

Last month, I called an agent who runs a property management company. I offered to buy one of the houses he manages.  Had to explain to him a couple of times what I was trying to do.  Anyway,  he calls the owner and she agrees to sell it to me for the price I offered.  I asked the agent to write up the contract.  He did but he included a 6% commission.  I told him I didn't think he earned 6% for simply making a phone call and writing up a contract.  I refused to sign.  Next day he puts the property on the market with a highest and best at close of business the same day.  I make the same offer but was outbid.  Found out today, the buyer was the agent's father and another agent within the original agent's office represented the father.  

My agent (who knew of this, but wasn't involved) says I should report the original agent.  My PM also says I should report the agent and has almost had to report said agent in the past.  

So should I 

Simply report the agent to the Board of Realtors?

Report the agent and contact the seller to tell her what happened?

Just tell the seller what happened?

Text the original agent to tell him I know he sold the property to his father?

Make an offer to buy the property from his father at the same price I originally offered (JOKING).

Call his mom, who is his broker and tell her I think what her son and husband did was pretty crappy (obviously she knew all about this)?

Do Nothing and let fate take care of this unethical family?

Something else?