Professional Standards
- I recently sold a home that was listed in the MLS and a neighbor called to ask me what the sales price was. Can I tell them? (1 minuteread)
- I submitted my buyer’s offer for a property to the listing agent, but I’m concerned about whether it was presented to the sellers. Does the listing agent have to tell me if the offer was presented if I ask? (1 minuteread)
- Do I have to report my client’s sales price to the MLS? (1 minuteread)
- What should you do if another REALTOR®’s client asks you for a second opinion on general real estate practices? (1 minuteread)
- What is a variable-rate commission? (1 minuteread)
- My seller told me I cannot cooperate with a particular firm regarding her listing. Can the seller do that? (1 minuteread)
- I’m the property manager for a home in an up-and-coming neighborhood. The property owner said a REALTOR® in his neighborhood convinced him it’s a good time to put the house on the market, with her as the listing agent, after our property-management agreement ends in April. I also list homes, and I have an existing relationship with the homeowner. Is the other REALTOR® violating the Code of Ethics by contacting my client? (1 minuteread)
- After my listing expired, the owner listed his home with another REALTOR® in our area. Someone I showed the property to when I was the listing broker has now expressed an interest in having me present an offer on this home. Since I previously showed the property to this buyer while my listing was active, can I deal directly with the owner I used to represent, or must I submit any offer to the new listing broker? (1 minuteread)
- Is having a signed written agreement, such as TAR’s Residential Buyer/Tenant Representation Agreement, the only way for a broker to create an agency relationship with a buyer? (1 minuteread)
- An owner who just terminated her listing with another broker asked me to sell her property. The parties terminated her listing using the Termination of Listing Agreement (TAR 1410), and the owner agreed to pay her previous broker a fee if she sells the property to a named party within the next two months. Can I still get a commission if she sells to the named party within that time frame? (1 minuteread)
