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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Regarding safety:

"Also, there are safety issues in play, and I think agents need to be careful about meeting people they have never met"

Disclose to sellers prior to your agreement they'll need to provide a security guard for you to show the listing to unrepresented qualified buyers. The seller can sign with you, and pay for security. That is their choice. Or sellers can sign with another listing agent who does not require this.

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This is hysterical.

A buyers agent previously would show a house to a buyer without anyone else there.

This is no different.

If now you’re unwilling to show a house without a security guard or other agent attending then you should have had this same 
stance 5 years ago.

You’re grasping as straws here as to why someone needs to pay 2% to let them into a house.  [/quote]

PP I'm illustrating how ridiculous this agent is.  
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I don't care what you pay your buyer's agent.  I am just telling you (and my clients going forward) that I am not opening a door for you without an agent.  You can wait for the open house or you can pay an agent to open the door.  My time and safety are as valuable as yours. [/quote]

Then you are not doing your job. I bet you won't tell your sellers this now will you? Shady.[/quote]

I already said several times I'll be telling this to clients going forward.  I don't know why it bothers you so much. [/quote]

[b]DP buyers and sellers are easily bothered because you work in an industry with very serious ethics concerns and loss of public trust having just lost a massive antitrust lawsuit[/b].

I can’t believe that needed to be explained. [/quote]

And now agents are claiming for safety reasons they won’t show a house to unrepresented buyers. I can’t wait for this industry to die.  [/quote]

You have never had to use an agent or use the industry.  There is absolutely nothing stopping you from listing your house for sale by owner.  In fact, there are very sophisticated websites that allow you to FSBO and your house shows up in the MLS, and the fee is nominal, like $500.  It has never been necessary to use a buyers agent.  People have been posting on this forum for years with simple advice on how to avoid this.  Go to the open house and get an attorney to help you with the offer.  The problem with people like you is that you want something for nothing.  You want someone to "open doors for you" - what that means is you want access, advice, safety, convenience, and paperwork done for you, but you don't want to pay for it, or you want to pay $200 for it, and you want to demean it as you are receiving it for free.

[b]If you don't want an agent, don't use one.  You have never had to. [/b] [/quote]

This is only true in a but-for world where fiduciary duties are faithfully executed as expected.

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