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Disclosure Doesn’t Force Relationship

June 23, 2016August 1, 2004 by Jon Goodman

Co-Author: Amanda S.P. Howe, Esq. Question: I am the only broker involved in a transaction. Our company agency policy says that I become a transaction-broker. My listing agreement with the seller says I become a transaction-broker. My Exclusive Right-to-Buy Agreement with the buyer says I become a transaction-broker. If I make a mistake and check the … Continue Reading

Agent or Transaction-Broker?

June 23, 2016July 1, 2000 by Jon Goodman

Pickle in the Middle or Gladiator on One Side? Brokers may sell their own listings while remaining a seller’s agent. This is a specific example of the general phenomenon that brokers may work on a transaction as an agent of one party and assist the other unrepresented party with the ministerial tasks identified in Real … Continue Reading