Kelly

Just wanted to let you guys know, that he also brought the sellers in on the "disagreement". When we were finishing up the inspection and re-negotiating and such, he said that he informed the sellers on the situation and they agreed that he should get 4%!?! I was really hoping for smooth sailing the rest of the way, thankfully it is almost over. - Mon Apr 6 2009, 06:20

I wanted to answer J R. I was not working with him. I called on a Sunday afternoon and asked if I could see the house. He showed it to me that one time. My agent took me back a few days later to get a better look around, partially because I felt rushed with him and partially because she wanted a feel for the property in case we got into a highest and best offer situation. By the way this agent is also a broker. I originally was hoping the brokers could work it out, but found out that he was the broker. Hopefully the situation is resolved and we can proceed with a home purchase that SHOULD be pleasant. Thanks to all that answered. Some of you really helped calm my nerves while we were waiting on the agreement to come back. - Sun Mar 22 2009, 21:57

He drew the offer out for a week and we finally got the agreement. I let him show it to me because I didn't know it was an issue. I would not feel comfortable with dual agency anyhow and thought this was standard protocol. I believed at the time that is why he did not try to establish an agency with me. He called my agent one day being very nice and then sent a couple of nasty emails. Then he was nice again. I'm not sure what his problem is, maybe personal issues or something or he is bi-polar. My agent heard from others that he tries to frequently bully the commision out of every other agent he works with. I am just glad we got the house. By the way our agent is going to try to set up seperate closings, and I do not think bad of realtors just because of him! - Sun Mar 22 2009, 21:46

I did not sign anything with him. It never went further than just me looking around the house for 15 to 20 min. No real conversation. He never asked if I was using another agent. He has sinced called my agent now being very nice. He said that there were two other offers and one fell through on the financing. He also said that so far our offer was the best. He was going to contact the seller and ask if they wanted to go into highest and best offer or accept ours. That was this morning and we have heard nothing yet. - Wed Mar 18 2009, 14:51

He never asked me if I was working with another agent. I was under the impression that it was becoming standard protocol to have a listing agent and a buyers agent in most transactions. So I did not forsee a problem. - Tue Mar 17 2009, 20:27

The listing agent never even asked for my name or contact info. In fact he was telling me about the extra marketing that he was about to do for the home. The next day he posted more pics on HAR.com or MLS. He did not treat me as a serious buyer. I know this sounds heartless, so don't get me wrong, but my main concern is that we are going to lose the house because of this. - Tue Mar 17 2009, 20:22

We just offered a little above list price, with no terms. We submitted Monday. It is now Wednesday and we have heard NOTHING! - Wed Mar 18 2009, 09:48