By now I am going to assume (dangerous I know) that most states require some sort of agency disclosure.

I'm also aware there are all sorts of state laws regarding bpo/cma work and who can get paid, etc.

For those of us that can perform bpo/cma for a fee as long as it could lead to a listing - do you have a signed agency disclosure for each asset management company you work for?

Since I started thinking about the referral fee issue - this would go hand in hand with it.

Just a thought.

I guess that it would be state specific but in California, until there's an offer, it's not required to have the agency signed upfront, prior to an offer being written or a listing being taken. Sometimes, if I know I'm going to be working with a buyer for some period of time I'll get them to sign an agency agreement upfront. If I'm going on a listing presentation, before I ever start, I have the potential Seller's sign one. It's more for their piece of mind though (initially). However, when providing a BPO/CMA I don't. There are enough caveats in doing a BPO/CMA that it would be redundant (at that level) to get an agency agreement signed. Get the listing, it's a whole different ballgame. Each state has a different twist on Agency and subagents. Good luck trying to get any scrape of paper signed prior to getting the listing.