About Real Estate Agents

Jan. 14, 2022

That's a Material Fact, Jack

Find Material Facts in a Real Estate TransactionReal Estate Agents, under all circumstances and regardless of any fiduciary obligations to their client, must always disclose material facts. Indeed, real estate agents must seek out and uncover material facts so they can disclose them to all parties in the transaction.

A material fact is any factual information …
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Jan. 14, 2022

Dual Agency - Real Estate Agent Conflict of Interest

For Sale SignSee previous posts on "Does Your Realtor Work for You?" and "Becoming a Client with a Realtor Agency Agreement" for background information prior to reading this post.

When a client hires a real estate agent by signing a listing or agency agreement, that client is …
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Jan. 14, 2022

Becoming a Client with a Realtor Agency Agreement

Becoming a Client with a Realtor Agency AgreementIn "Does Your realtor Work for You?", the fiduciary responsibilities of a real estate agent to a client were outlined. If you are not the client, you do not benefit from the agent providing those responsibilities. Becoming a client is easy but does require some commitment.

For …
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Jan. 14, 2022

Does Your Realtor Work for You?

When someone is hired, they expect to get paid and generally speaking they are accountable to whoever is paying them. Real estate agents are different, they work for whoever signs an agency agreement with them which is not always the same person paying. And the distinction is not …
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