{"id":130,"date":"2006-07-24T12:22:25","date_gmt":"2006-07-24T19:22:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=130"},"modified":"2007-01-25T00:59:47","modified_gmt":"2007-01-25T07:59:47","slug":"carnival-of-real-estate-if-you-love-your-clients-set-them-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/130\/carnival-of-real-estate-if-you-love-your-clients-set-them-free\/","title":{"rendered":"Carnival of Real Estate: If you love your clients, set them free…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Searchlight Crusade<\/a> is hosting this week’s Carnival of Real Estate<\/a>. BloodhoundBlog is featured, insisting that there is always room at the top<\/a>, and we are lucky to be among such an august company. Everything is worth reading, but two posts stand out for me: Spotlight Realty’s<\/a> practical example of the risk of letting an unscrupulous agent “buy” your listing by promising you a higher price than the market warrants<\/a>. And The Reality of Real Estate<\/a> weighs in on a weighty topic: How exclusive employment agreements can be a disservice to the client<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On the latter point, here is language we routinely use on our Buyer Broker Agreements:<\/p>\n

This agreement will be terminated without recourse upon written notice by either party.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“Either party” means I get to fire them<\/i> if I want to, too (and I have done this). “Without recourse” means clients don’t get to fire me and then sue me. I don’t know that that clause will hold up in court, but it’s worth a shot. We use slightly different language on listing contracts, to make it plain that you don’t get to fire us when we’re already under contract (and, of course, practically speaking, as a matter of agency I cannot fire any client when doing so would be to the client’s detriment; a ship’s captain cannot resign under weigh). But, recalling that everything<\/i> we do is marketing, granting clients the power to jump ship, if they feel they must, is a very effective way of winning their hearts and minds. If you love your clients, set them free…
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Technorati Tags: arizona<\/a>, arizona real estate<\/a>, phoenix<\/a>, phoenix real estate<\/a>, real estate<\/a>, real estate marketing<\/a><\/p>\n

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