#double ending

Coming Soon sign leaves me feeling like I need a shower. Is this an ethical practice? Your thoughts?

I would be the first to admit that the latest real estate craze, the “Coming Soon” sign, is a bad idea. Okay, I get it. It’s a marketing ploy. It tells potential buyers out there that you are going to be listing a home soon BUT if you call me directly maybe you can beat the rush. That’s called double-ending. It means the listing agent represents the seller and the buyer in the transaction. While,…

Let me first say right off the bat, that I have no way of knowing if this was the intended strategy, but in Mastermind last week we heard from an agent who showed a house that, by his own estimation, was a bit over-priced. His clients really liked it but they were $50k apart. The listing agent was quite adamant about the price and said that the owner had no interest in negotiating. Our agent said…