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I had a listing agent who refused to pass my offer onto the homeowner. That listing agent was representing a competing buyer who had put in an lower offer. I d
by WarOnPrivacy 3y ago
I had a listing agent who refused to pass my offer onto the homeowner. That listing agent was representing a competing buyer who had put in an lower offer.
I drove to the property and made my offer in person. I lived there for 7 years.
- voisin 3y agoYou were lucky that you were made aware of the agent’s intentions such that you could circumvent them. Quite often this is not the case.
- WarOnPrivacy 3y agoMy agent talked to him at length and sussed out enough details to assemble the pieces. IIRC, there was a point where the lister got frustrated and revealed more than he intended.
- xn 3y agoI had a listing agent that refused to pass my offer onto the buyer because it wasn't on the local Realtor organization's standard purchase agreement form, despite state (Oregon) law requiring that they do so. Use of the standard form (https://orforms.org/forms/ https://orforms.org/forms/) requires purchasing a license to the form, and licenses are only sold to licensed real estate agents and lawyers. I ended up buying the license to the form and a license for software required to fill out the form. (The website selling licenses didn't actually validate that you entered a valid state license id.) It cost me a couple hundred bucks, but the seller accepted my offer. I doubt that the seller's agent gave the seller back the 2.5-3% that didn't have to be paid to a buyer's agent.