All Forum Posts by: Joanne Green

Did you have multiple offers and if so, was that the best one?

@Joanne Green -  I can see how this rubs you the wrong way, but here is another way to look at it.

If the son would not have built rapport quickly with a walk in buyer (not an easy task) you would have not gotten the offer you have! He literally sold the house for you, that's why the buyers agent is referred to the as the "selling agent". 

If he would not have done that, you would have signed the 2nd best offer you had (I assume you had more than one). It would have been much easier for the son to capture the contact and then say, hey I'll show you 5 other houses. That is actually the safer way for the agent to build rapport and trust with a walk in...

The irony is most seller's will pick a listing agent they feel confiednt in their ability to "sell the house" and when they actually pull that off then the seller wants a discount? 

I also don't think they are playing god cop bad cop with you: The listing contract is between the brokerage and you, the agent does not have authority to change it without a signature from the broker. If you read your listing contract it even says that (at least in Wisconsin).

This setup really increases the odds of getting the contract across the finish line. If you are happy with the offer you have accepted, the next thing that you want is to actually get the deal closed and it sounds like you are well on your way.

@Joanne Green I’d be happy about that set up. With it, you’re more likely to get complete transparency and communication between your agents to get the transaction to the closing table. Not worth dipping into their pockets, especially since it’s two separate people, not the same person getting the “full” commission (I use quotations because brokerages take absurd fees from agents).

And making a brokerage policy to not change their commission agreement doesn’t seem suspect, it seems like a good practice so clients don’t walk over agents, something that happens all the time

so they did what you hired them to do, and after they've done their job, you want a discount because you feel like you deserve it?

@Joanne Green. I am sorry you went through this and I can feel the angst in your post. I am sure that all realtors strive to keep their clients happy and want to avoid anything that would cause what you are feeling now. All the responses posted previously are 100percent accurate, but it sounds like a failure on your agent’s part to explain the possibility of dual agency when they obtained the listing from you. That should have been made clear to you when you signed the listing agreement and a discussion regarding variable commission should have taken place during the listing presentation.

That being said, Will is right in that it’s irrelevant that the son gained a client from showing your home. That’s part of the real estate marketing process and many agents acquire new clients from open houses. There’s a lot of prep time and time behind the scenes that they put in to market your home. Hopefully you are happy with everything else that was done on your behalf in the process and I hope you end up happy at closing. Good luck and congratulations!

-Sonny

That type of discount should have been negotiated when you entered into the listing agreement, not after a contract to sell the house was purchased.