Buyer Traps Exposed
You Are Probably Not Receiving Full Representation . . . . . .
* If
an agent says they will be your buyer broker but they also represent
sellers.
* If an agent's company represents sellers.
* If an agent will not agree to represent you on
all properties on the
market.
* If an agent says any type of Dual Agency is OK.
* If an agent says there are some properties in
which they cannot represent
you, or share strategic info and down plays it as not being
important.
* If an agent wants you to sign an agreement in
which you are under
obligation to pay them money.
* If an agent wants you to sign an
agreement which allows them to automatically switch
to Dual Agency or any other type of agency that reduces
your representation.
* If an agents company has listings.
* If an agents negotiating strategy is the same
when they are representing
buyers as it is when they are representing sellers.
* If you are selling your existing home and buying
another, and you
are using the same agent to do both.
The buyer has been mislead for years thinking that this way of
doing
business was normal. . . Let Us Show You a Better Way
To Buy A Home . . .
Call The Buyer's Advocate. 256-532-1001.
Representation is your right.
This means you have the right to use an agent that represents your best interest without conflict.
We advocate your right to representation.
The Huntsville Board Of Realtors "Buyer Agency Agreement has a "dual agency", clause in it. This means that although the agent agrees to represent you as a "buyers agent", they retain the right to automatically switch to "dual agency".
Signing an agreement like this is equivalent to signing away your rights to representation free from conflict of interest. It may not seem crucial at the time, but if it turns out that the property you become interested in is also listed by the company that is supposedly representing you .... you are then in the position equivalent to a defendant relying on the prosecutor's office to defend you. The conflict of interest may cost you.
There is no need to accept this at any time.
Why use an agent that "might" represent you, when you can use one that definitely will.
Someday, when the public has fully realized what their options are, all agents may be forced by public demand to offer un-conflicted representation.
The Buyer's Advocate Realtors is happy to Exclusively represent you without being subjected to a Conflict Of Interests. The Buyer's Advocate never uses buyer agency contracts with dual agency clauses, because the Buyer's Advocate never exposes their buyer-clients to "dual agency" or "designated agency ".