When sellers want their former buyer’s agent to sell their home as a seller’s agent.
Question: We are about to sell a house for the first time. The buyer’s agent who represented us on the purchase retired. It is a shame. We wanted our buyer’s agent to sell our home as a seller’s agent. His education on homebuyer mistakes was impressive. He had unswayable due diligence regarding aspects of homebuying aimed at protecting our best interest — his guidance as our buyer’s agent was eye-opening.
Last week, we had conversations with potential candidates to be our seller’s agent. The agents overtly promoted themselves. That is understandable. They all steered away from discussing home-seller mistakes. It was surreal. We know home selling is problematic. What home-selling proactive safeguards did we need to hear while interviewing a prospective seller’s agent?
Answer: First: If you are a potential home seller in the San Francisco Bay Area, a prospective seller’s agent should have described the advantages of having presale seller inspections such as roof, chimney, termite, whole-house, foundation, et cetera.
Consider that:
Second: Fraudsters impersonate parties or individuals involved in a home sale transaction. Fraudsters hack into the email applications of the escrow officers, the buyer’s agent or the sellers agents.
Third: Honorable mentions that occur daily for home sellers.
It is rare for agents to initiate risk-management home-selling tactics with a future home seller. That is a fact. Regardless, agents who look through the lens of risk management as their standard of practice have the home seller’s interest in focus and their interest in the background.
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