REPRESENTING BOTH SELLERS AND BUYERS
Are you aware that the EBA difference is to your advantage?
If the real estate company your are considering represents both sellers and buyers, ask yourself these questions:
- Do they benefit more from you paying a lower or higher purchase price?
- Why would they choose to protect you over the seller?
- How many of their own firm’s listings will they nudge you toward?
- Would they prefer you buy their listing or some other firm’s?
- How many problems and issues will they want to uncover for you?
- Will they recommend a thorough home inspector and inspections?
- Will they negotiate repairs and price cuts after the home inspection?
- Will they help you walk away from a lemon, or try to convince you to buy?
- How eager will they be to help you walk away from their own firm’s listing?
- How will they insure confidentiality to you and the seller?
- How does their company explain this conflicted relationship?
- Will they hold back money for you to cover your walk-through issues?