Commission Issues
- I listed a rental property in the MLS and offered compensation to other MLS participants. Another broker who is an MLS participant saw my listing and submitted her client’s lease application to me. After the landlord accepted her client’s application and executed the lease, the broker told me I must sign the Agreement Between Brokers for Residential Leases. Do I have to sign the agreement? (1 minuteread)
- I saw a listing in the MLS that offered compensation for cooperating brokers of that MLS. The listing broker wrote in the agent remarks that the compensation offered would be reduced if the contract closed after a certain date. Does this violate MLS rules? (1 minuteread)
- A cooperating broker wrote an amount of compensation in the broker-information section on page 9 of the residential contract that’s different than the compensation amount I, as the listing broker, offered in the MLS. When I called the matter to her attention, she said that she has always been paid that amount and would neither change the amount nor alter her practice. Can she do that? (1 minuteread)
- The Farm and Ranch Contract has two sections related to fees: a Ratification of Fee and an Agreement for Payment of Brokers’ Fees. When should each be used? (1 minuteread)
