{"id":314,"date":"2006-09-10T12:22:45","date_gmt":"2006-09-10T19:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=314"},"modified":"2009-02-28T08:19:40","modified_gmt":"2009-02-28T15:19:40","slug":"caesars-wife-on-the-witness-stand-the-moral-the-practical-the-marketable-and-the-defensible-approach-to-forbidding-dual-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/314\/caesars-wife-on-the-witness-stand-the-moral-the-practical-the-marketable-and-the-defensible-approach-to-forbidding-dual-agency\/","title":{"rendered":"Caesar’s wife on the witness stand: The moral, the practical, the marketable and the defensible approach to forbidding dual agency . . ."},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I had a great letter today from Bob Hunter of the Muljat Group<\/a> about our policy forbidding dual agency. I’ll quote the whole thing first:<\/p>\n

Greg, my wife and I are agents in Bellingham, Wash and I have a question relating to your position on dual agency. Our brokerage is a 100% desk fee operation. The broker takes no cut from any commission. Why would a transaction between two agents from this office harm either of the parties? I have read your website (twice) and think I understand your philosophy (since your make it very prevalent marketing appears to be a pretty important motivator also). Still, in our situation I’m not sure how the clients are harmed.<\/p>\n

We have tried different strategies, I represent one client, my wife the other, referring one client to another agent in our office, representing both clients. We have not yet referred to an agent out of our office. In all the years of doing this, we do more dual agency than the industry standard, I can think of only one instance where the buyer ‘felt’ his interests were not being represented fully. The transaction would have the same result with separate agents but any bad feelings are negative. In retrospect we should have contributed money to his cause which would have alleviated any feelings of misplaced loyalty.<\/p>\n

If dual agency is outlawed and if the consumers rail against it, then it is a moot point, but I am still interested in your opinion of our office dynamics and why it is not equitable or ethical.<\/p>\n

I read your blog regularly and hope to start my own.<\/p>\n

thanks<\/p>\n

Bob Hunter
\nThe Muljat Group Realtors<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Dual agency has a bad reputation for three reasons, only one of which is wholly deserved. That one is true double-dipping agents or brokers who are looking for the biggest payday regardless of who gets hurt. Second is the public’s perception of dual agency, which is colored to some degree by negative opinions about real estate agents generally. But third is the conviction, justified or not, on the part of buyers and sellers that dual agency resulted in unfair Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I had a great letter today from Bob Hunter of the Muljat Group about our policy forbidding dual agency. I’ll quote the whole thing first: Greg, my wife and I are agents in Bellingham, Wash and I have a question relating to your position on dual agency. Our brokerage is a 100% desk fee operation. 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