Bringing lawsuit agent real estate agents

[Anonymous]

I am seeing a lot of unethical stuff including not showing the property to hiding offers to bring their friends low ball offers to charging more for undisclosed fees etc that is going on in the industry. What are the some of the common grounds for bringing lawsuit/complaint against an agent since they should be working for you under contract but actually don’t?

[Anonymous]

You file a complaint with whatever board or body issued his or her license.

[Anonymous]

Yes but you also need to file a lawsuit if there is a loss of money because of agents actions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am seeing a lot of unethical stuff including not showing the property to hiding offers to bring their friends low ball offers to charging more for undisclosed fees etc that is going on in the industry. What are the some of the common grounds for bringing lawsuit/complaint against an agent since they should be working for you under contract but actually don’t?

How are you "seeing" this? Your own personal experience or you just want to make sure you know how to sue an agent if this happens to you in the future?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am seeing a lot of unethical stuff including not showing the property to hiding offers to bring their friends low ball offers to charging more for undisclosed fees etc that is going on in the industry. What are the some of the common grounds for bringing lawsuit/complaint against an agent since they should be working for you under contract but actually don’t?

How are you seeing so much unethical behavior? If you are an agent, you can bring complaints against them through your local real estate association and/or state licensing agency and you have a higher duty to report. If you are a consumer you can do the same thing. If you want to sue an agent or agents, you can do that through a court.

[Anonymous]

Complaints doesn’t work if you do with the agency’s it’s a joke. People have to be more aware otherwise agents take advantage.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Complaints doesn’t work if you do with the agency’s it’s a joke. People have to be more aware otherwise agents take advantage.

+1

Brokerages and NAR could not give AF about ethical complaints.

If you have evidence, do send it to your attorney general or similar destination where it is discovery available.

[Anonymous]

Leave online reviews.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Leave online reviews.

THIS - you can leave reviews for agents on Google and on Zillow and people will see them. I looked up every agent we interviewed on multiple sites and read all their reviews.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am seeing a lot of unethical stuff including not showing the property to hiding offers to bring their friends low ball offers to charging more for undisclosed fees etc that is going on in the industry. What are the some of the common grounds for bringing lawsuit/complaint against an agent since they should be working for you under contract but actually don’t?

The price fixing is ridiculous here

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am seeing a lot of unethical stuff including not showing the property to hiding offers to bring their friends low ball offers to charging more for undisclosed fees etc that is going on in the industry. What are the some of the common grounds for bringing lawsuit/complaint against an agent since they should be working for you under contract but actually don’t?

Happened to me! Agent let his friend know about a house I was selling. Friend put in a lowball offer, and agent said I should take it. I did not take it. I assume the friend pays agent a finder's fee.

I only knew they were friends because I had some unknown-to-them intel.

[Anonymous]

If you leave online reviews then you would hear a threatening response from their team to take it down. You have any decent proof then go directly to lawyer and sue the agents. There is 10x more illegal stuff happening than you think.

[Anonymous]

Brokerages and agents aren't doing anything illegal, no one is risking their livelihoods over illegal activity. But they absolutely take advantage of uneducated buyers and sellers who fail to do their research.

A relative with a low income is selling a house and the agent commission is 6%. I asked why she didnt negotiate to at least the standard 5% and she said she didn't know. 1% on her house is only about 4k but she is also someone who 4k is still a lot of money.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Brokerages and agents aren't doing anything illegal, no one is risking their livelihoods over illegal activity. But they absolutely take advantage of uneducated buyers and sellers who fail to do their research.

A relative with a low income is selling a house and the agent commission is 6%. I asked why she didnt negotiate to at least the standard 5% and she said she didn't know. 1% on her house is only about 4k but she is also someone who 4k is still a lot of money.

“The standard 5%” - the uneducated poster does not know that there is no standard commission and was the basis for the lawsuit. And you patronize your “relative with a low income”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am seeing a lot of unethical stuff including not showing the property to hiding offers to bring their friends low ball offers to charging more for undisclosed fees etc that is going on in the industry. What are the some of the common grounds for bringing lawsuit/complaint against an agent since they should be working for you under contract but actually don’t?

Happened to me! Agent let his friend know about a house I was selling. Friend put in a lowball offer, and agent said I should take it. I did not take it. I assume the friend pays agent a finder's fee.

I only knew they were friends because I had some unknown-to-them intel.

This kind of stuff happens all the time. Sometimes realtors won't show the sellers other offers so the seller thinks the lowball is the only offer.

There should be a way for offers to go directly to the seller. There are too many instances of the realtor not showing the seller all offers. The realtor tells the buyer the seller rejected the offer and the seller has no idea the other offers exist.