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It is likely that some Realtors will take some time off over the up coming holiday weekend. I will be around but I have plans for Labor day and even though there is not such thing as a real estate emergency I will handle a few of them.
Sometimes buyers agents don’t do a good job of explaining exclusive agency to buyers and sometimes buyers don’t listen. If you are working with an agent and that agent is out of town but you want to see a home that is on the market you may have trouble getting another agent to show it to you. It would be best to wait until your agent can show it to you.
If a buyer that is another agents client contacts me to see one of my listings I find out who their agent is and let the agent know that the buyers want to see my listing and that I can show it to them. Most of the time the buyers agent talks to the buyers and they show my listing. They don’t want me to show it to the buyer because if the buyer decided to buy I can take most of the commission even if the other agent does all the work. Normally I won’t do this but I can do it and I have done it.
When buyers contact me and ask to see any listing I ask them if they are working with a real estate agent. If they say yes I won’t show them homes. What buyers don’t understand is that I don’t get paid when another agents client buys a home. Sure I can show homes all day long for free with no hope of ever getting paid but why would I spend a holiday weekend that way?
Buyers who have agents need to contact that agent anytime they want to see a home that is for sale. They also need to understand that we do everything we can to accommodate our clients schedules but we can never gaurantee that we will be availabe anytime and all the time to show houses.
