Signing w/ a Realtor

I'm having a brain fart - so bear with me.

It seems popular for agents to have you, the buyer, sign this 'contract' before they show you a listing. I can't - for the life of me - remember what the name of this 'contract' is nor what it entails.

My question however is, am I obligated to sign this? What if I don't want to work with an agent? Doesn't this 'contract' oblige me to this realtor for a certain amount of time?

Am I "allowed" to decline signing this??

Re: Signing w/ a Realtor

I just became a realtor, and I would never ask my buyers sign anything that would make them obligated to use me. I would much rather give them my loyalty, and just ask for it in return. There's no way I'd expect any buyer to TRUST me, if I started by asking them to sign on the dotted line. That's just not how I'd want to do business.

To answer your question, you can absolutely decline to sign anything!!

hth


edited for typo

Message edited 7/29/2005 5:19:04 PM.

Re: Signing w/ a Realtor

Yes it does - thank you!

Re: Signing w/ a Realtor

you're welcome!

Re: Signing w/ a Realtor

I signed a couple of those things (I can't remember the name either) but I don't think it made me obligated to use that agent. I certainly didn't. I thought it was something to do with showing the home and that if we made an offer it would be added on.

Re: Signing w/ a Realtor

the only thing we ever signed was something about the seller paying their comission.