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Q: We had our house listed with a realtor and the agent told us house had been shown five times. The vacant house has security system that emails us when system is turned off and on. It never was. We told the agent the house had not been shown ever. Agent said she?d check into it but never got back with us. A few weeks later we received call about house from a buyer who?d seen our FSBO ad from before we listed property. We directed buyer to realtor. Our agent was on vacation so agent had an ?associate? show the house. Showing resulted in offer and a counter from us. We eventually asked our agent to ask buyer a few things because we felt the deal wasn?t going well. At that time our agent told us she cannot directly speak with our buyer because agents ?associate? was buyers agent. We felt badly betrayed and immediately retracted our counter and directed realtor to drop our listing. Were we being unreasonable or not and how about agent telling us house had been shown five times when it had not ever been shown and we have to documentation proving it.
?Steve, Deltona, FL

A: I am so sorry to hear about your situation.

I would see an attorney; Realtors are not supposed to give legal advice. The listing you signed MAY have a clause that provides a commission to your agent for a period of time even though you have cancelled the listing.

Contact the agent?s broker and let them know what is going on. They may be interested in pursuing a solution so their company?s reputation isn?t damaged.

You might also contact the Department of Real Estate in Florida and submit an official complaint.

I wish you well.
Jim Guido is a Realtor? with California Real Estate Internet Group in San Clemente. CA.

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Source: http://www.realtor.com/blogs/2012/08/27/we-want-the-realtor-to-allow-us-to-sell-house-ourselves-and-let-us-out-of-selling-agreement/

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