Hi All,
I recently had a property on the market.
An exclusive contract with the largest real estate in the area.
I have never favoured exclusive contracts but now with marketing fees for realestate.com, paying for photos etc, it seems too expensive to use two agents.
In the past using two agents, worked well for me.
Exclusive has not worked out for me.
After some time ( I don't live in the area) I noticed the listing agent appeared to be the only agent in the agency to be showing buyers and passing on offers.
I never saw cards left by other agents in the office.
She never mentioned other agents showing buyers and no offers received by any other agents within the office.
I asked her, why this was so and she said she removed the cards left by other agents because she thought it was not a good look for potential buyers?
I told her it was for me, not the buyers and I liked to know about all inspections and who was coming into my property.
Has it become common within some agencies for the listing agent to... more or less hog the listing?
I wish to avoid this in the future. How do I know if more than one agent will show my property to potential buyers.
My past experience has been several agents within the agency sharing the listing.
Cheers
I recently had a property on the market.
An exclusive contract with the largest real estate in the area.
I have never favoured exclusive contracts but now with marketing fees for realestate.com, paying for photos etc, it seems too expensive to use two agents.
In the past using two agents, worked well for me.
Exclusive has not worked out for me.
After some time ( I don't live in the area) I noticed the listing agent appeared to be the only agent in the agency to be showing buyers and passing on offers.
I never saw cards left by other agents in the office.
She never mentioned other agents showing buyers and no offers received by any other agents within the office.
I asked her, why this was so and she said she removed the cards left by other agents because she thought it was not a good look for potential buyers?
I told her it was for me, not the buyers and I liked to know about all inspections and who was coming into my property.
Has it become common within some agencies for the listing agent to... more or less hog the listing?
I wish to avoid this in the future. How do I know if more than one agent will show my property to potential buyers.
My past experience has been several agents within the agency sharing the listing.
Cheers