curiousnaz asked:


I have heard that if you attend an Open House without a Realtor, you are then obligated to use the showing Realtor if you decide to pursue that house, and that many unethical Realtor’s use Open Houses for that reason so they can cover both ends of the deal for double commission. Is there any way you can “fire” the selling Realtor after seeing the house and choose a different Realtor to represent you in that sale? I don’t feel comfortable working with someone who is trying to represent the interests of both the buyer and the seller…I want someone to represent my interests solely. What are my options if we already visited an Open House and spoke with the selling Realtor (although we didn’t give any personal information, not even our last name, or sign anything)? This is our first time looking for Real Estate or using a Realtor, and we learned this about the open house obligation after the fact, so any advice would be appreciated. Thanks!
A potential Realtor just told me that if you attend an Open House without a Realtor (ie her), you are then obligated to use the showing Realtor if you decide to pursue that house (she can’t do that sale or show that house), and that many unethical Realtors use Open Houses for that reason so they can cover both ends of the deal for double commission. Is there any way you can “fire” the selling Realtor after seeing the house and choose a different Realtor to represent you in that sale? I don’t feel comfortable working with someone who is trying to represent the interests of both the buyer and the seller…I want someone to represent my interests solely. What are my options if we already visited an Open House and spoke with the selling Realtor (although we didn’t give any personal information, even our last name, or sign anything)? This is our first time looking for Real Estate or using a Realtor, and we learned this about the open house obligation after the fact, so any advice is great!
Oops…obviously this is my first time using Yahoo Questions too!!! I thought it would replace my original details, not double post them. Sorry!

Basically, a Realtor told me that if we had already seen a house without her that she could not represent me in buying that house because I had an obligation to use the selling Realtor. The selling Realtor was pretty horrible, so I would NEVER choose them, but her comment made me feel totally trapped, since we are somewhat interested in the house. Is she full of bull then?

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