Dear Brains Trust,
Can I have 2 agents bidding to find a tenant or does this breach some kind of law???? They both seem to want to sign me up on an exclusive management agreement (already signed up with one agent) with 30 days notice to terminate by either the agent or landlord.
One agent (the only one in town) rents houses on a rooming basis (which is what I want to try since the single lease & fully furnished scenario was difficult to rent). The other agent rents as usual...on single leases.
Can I have both agents trying to find me a tenant? First one to find a tenant is the managing agent???
Place was vacant for the 1st 5 months of this year as students didnt want (or couldnt afford to rent) a furnished 6 bed, 3 living area house for a rent reflective of fully equipped 6 bed house (about 500-600/week). Apparently it is easier to rent furnished properties on a rooming basis with utilities included in their rent which they pay for per room.
I have an appointment with the second agent this Saturday (the one that does rooming basis) but he wants me to sign up an exclusive agreement. When I said I wanted to keep my options open and not close myself off to one agent only and have it sitting vacant again he said "well we will need to talk about that coz we need to know that we are acting on your behalf"? What does that mean - can he not act on my behalf if there is another agent involved??
Thanks in advance...
Can I have 2 agents bidding to find a tenant or does this breach some kind of law???? They both seem to want to sign me up on an exclusive management agreement (already signed up with one agent) with 30 days notice to terminate by either the agent or landlord.
One agent (the only one in town) rents houses on a rooming basis (which is what I want to try since the single lease & fully furnished scenario was difficult to rent). The other agent rents as usual...on single leases.
Can I have both agents trying to find me a tenant? First one to find a tenant is the managing agent???
Place was vacant for the 1st 5 months of this year as students didnt want (or couldnt afford to rent) a furnished 6 bed, 3 living area house for a rent reflective of fully equipped 6 bed house (about 500-600/week). Apparently it is easier to rent furnished properties on a rooming basis with utilities included in their rent which they pay for per room.
I have an appointment with the second agent this Saturday (the one that does rooming basis) but he wants me to sign up an exclusive agreement. When I said I wanted to keep my options open and not close myself off to one agent only and have it sitting vacant again he said "well we will need to talk about that coz we need to know that we are acting on your behalf"? What does that mean - can he not act on my behalf if there is another agent involved??
Thanks in advance...