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? about being loyal to a RE agent
When we first thought about buying a home, we contacted a family friend to let him know that in two or three months we'd be ready to start seriously looking. Just wanted to talk to him a bit about the inventory and things like that. He started sending us emails once a week with any new listings that fit into the criteria we're interested in (we never asked him to do this, but appreciate it). We've yet to go look at any houses in person.
Flash forward to last night, we're at dinner with one of DH's good friends who is a RE broker (mostly commercial but some limited residential). We were chatting and he said that he just got a pocket listing for a house that looks to be a good fit at first glance. He asked if we want to see it this week.
This is where I'm having a dilemma. I do not, in any way, what to screw anyone. Do I call the family friend and tell him about the listing and ask him to go with us? Are we someone obligated to him in some way? Not sure what the proper protocol is.
Re: ? about being loyal to a RE agent
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Usually when they send you weekly emails with the listings, they've just subscribed you to all 3BR/2BA or whatever you said you were looking at. It's not like this is an ongoing relationship. I'd go with the guy that mentioned the listing, unless he is also representing the sellers.
Agreed. And like another PP said, those weekly emails are just an automated search query that he set up. It's nice that he did that but its not really him investing time each week to send you listing.
I'd go check out the pocket listing and see how it looks. It might be perfect or it might be terrible. If its terrible, you can move on and continue to use the family friend as an agent.
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