"There is no duty to show ALL homes that might seem to fit someone's criteria."

Some folks here might want to reintroduce themselves to the difference between the law of agency ....and the COE... the later of which is voluntary and has (almost) nothing to do with law.

Pike,
We use a Limited Rep agreement in our area, and it`s clearly stated on the MLS as L/R.
All showing calls,contracts etc are handled by the sellers.

Even if the the fsbo uses a flat fee service to put on the mls 3 things happen.Agents avoid these like the plaugue.1.The listing agent could care less about anyone else they are trying to get buyers to sell that listing or sell them something else because they don't make any money off of listing it 2. Agents know the listing agent will be really hard to impossible to get ahold of because of limited service,knowing this the agents avoid thes eproperties at all cost 3.A common ploy of these mls listers is for them to say they couldn't sell it and refer it off to a full service company for a fee.

Scott D.
Check PM
Thanks

"Some folks here might want to reintroduce themselves to the difference between the law of agency ....and the COE... the later of which is voluntary and has (almost) nothing to do with law."
The COE is not voluntary for REALTORS® (when becoming a REALTOR®, we voluntarily agree to abide by the COE) and the laws in my state are closely linked to the COE, if there is a conflict between the two, the law must take precedence.

Each local board also has it's own set of rules. That's what I mean by all real estate is local.

It doesn't make sense? As a buyer, are you not looking to get the best deal possible? If you notice, many investors go after buying FSBO's. This is because they know that the seller is trying to save the commission that they would have to pay a listing agent and now they are trying to obtain the same price for their home. Well, wouldn't it make sense to squeeze out the commission amounts from a seller off the price if you can. This makes very much sense to most people.

The NAR is who sets the COE. They are not local.

I understand who NAR is & what a COE is, good grief.

A COE is a model set of standards.

Each board has it's own rules as well.

"Good grief" - you're the one who said it was unethical.

Can you blame people for assuming you were talking about the....Code of Ethics?

Furthermore, you are the one who misinterpreted what Mr. Foreclosure said in the first place. He didn't say he wouldn't show other properties, but that he showed his first before others. That is against your MLS rules - to show your own listings first? He didn't say he wouldn't show the other listings, just that he would show them after his own.

"Good grief" indeed.

The phrase "know your market" does go beyond doing an MLS search....you are referring to listings. I dont need to know who is FSBO. It is not against COE. I only show homes listed in the MLS. Do you have plenty of time to know about all the FSBO in the area? I dont and i dont care to. FSBO are a pain in the [censored], and just like a client or potential customer who could be a pain in the [censored], I choose not to deal with them. If I choose not to deal with some who wants me to list their home, but I feel they are going to be a pain in the [censored] and waste my time, am I violating the COE? nope.

Joseph Grabowski, REALTOR®
Keller Williams Preferred Real Estate – Yardley, PA
I HOPE YOU RE-CONSIDER YOUR STATEMENT.

That has to be the funniest post ever! And that's the reason why I don't advertise my name and website.

I'll show FSBO if they seem like a fit, but man... they are ALWAYS a pain. ALWAYS. Seems like they all tended to buy that way, without a Realtor®, and didn't do their proper inspections yada yada yada and now they are trying to pass off a flawed home on someone else who isn't doing their due diligence.

They also seem to be universally priced wrong in this market.

Mostly, though, how exactly is it I'm supposed to even know about them? I'll stop in and say hi if I notice one, but they are usually unfriendly to me, the evil Real Estate Agent, and most of them around here are militant about NO COMMISSION! That, coupled with "optimistic" pricing, means that if my buyers have to pay me my commish, then it's just WAY over market.

So I don't go out of my way to keep track of FSBO's. I might if there was a convenient way to do so- but there isn't. And it's enough of a job staying on top of the MLS. I'm learning a new area right now, as homework, and that's plenty to keep a young man busy.

If a client asks me to help them with one I'm always game, of course.

-jeff

What part of my statement are you referring too?