You need to understand what you’re signing, and possibly negotiate the terms and conditions of the agreement. These agreement are full of legal mumbo jumbos, so you should take sometime to read it carefully, and seek attorney’s help in reviewing it. Do the realtors give you a copy of agreement before you commit if you ask?
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If a realtor refused to give you a copy you should absolutely not use that realtor.
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You have the right to a copy of every contract you sign. How can you abide by hidden requirements? Most people simply don’t read them.
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You have a right to have a copy of it and to review it with an attorney before signing.
You do not have a right to use it yourself for transactions not being handled by an agent.
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We interviewed 3 realtors when listing our house. One of the three gave us his firm’s blank listing contract to take and look over later during our initial meeting with him. The second gave us a whole folder of expensive, glossy marketing nonsense about their firm - absolutely nothing of any substance or relevance to us but certainly cost plenty to produce, with no talk of terms until our second visit with them in their office. The third provided some marketing material but not the over the top content of the second, but no contract either.
We ended up going with the first realtor. Really liked his no-nonsense approach. Of course we still need to get our house sold, but all our dealings with him so far have been great.
Definitely you should review the listing agreement before signing. And take the time to review it well so there will be no surprises later.
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We interviewed 3 realtors when listing our house. One of the three gave us his firm’s blank listing contract to take and look over later during our initial meeting with him. The second gave us a whole folder of expensive, glossy marketing nonsense about their firm - absolutely nothing of any substance or relevance to us but certainly cost plenty to produce, with no talk of terms until our second visit with them in their office. The third provided some marketing material but not the over the top content of the second, but no contract either.
We ended up going with the first realtor. Really liked his no-nonsense approach. Of course we still need to get our house sold, but all our dealings with him so far have been great.
Definitely you should review the listing agreement before signing. And take the time to review it well so there will be no surprises later.
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Yes of course. If a Realtor pressured me to sign as quickly as possible I’d find a new Realtor.
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In most states, these are pretty simple to understand, especially before they’re filled out and it’s very unlikely. You’re actually going to need an attorney to understand these.
But I definitely agree, part of my buyers consultation is to send out all the paperwork you’re going to sign for an offer with a general blurb on what each one is. It is hard to get people to read it though.!!
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I agree you should not use that realtor at all costs.
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