Agents Disagree on Commission

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Agents Disagree on Commission
	I am the buyer. Piece of property was for sale with a real estate agent. A friend told me to call his real estate agent who was a friend of his and that he would get me a good price. I called and met the guy at the property. He kept telling me that my price was too low, it would never get accepted. Never made an offer on the property. Met the person who was selling the property made a deal after her contract was up with the realtor. The real estate agent who took me to see the property wants a part of the commission. We waited 90 days after he contract expired. Can anyone be sued?

	Anyone can always be sued any time. That's probably not quite what you mean. Unless you made a written promise to pay that agent who showed you the property, you shouldn't owe him anything, and the whole thing is not your problem. It should be settled between the agents involved. It's not right to bring the buyer into a disagreement like that, if it's the seller who's paying the commission. The whole thing sounds rather complicated. If, as I suspect, the listing contract had an extension clause that said no commission would be due after 90 days, except if the place was sold to someone who saw it while it was listed -- then there's a real legal can of worms here. But in any rate, you shouldn't be involved. It's up to the seller and the agents to settle it.
	Edith Originally published on June 22, 2007

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