04-16-2009, 02:30 PM
3d wrote:
Am i missing something?
When a seller agrees to go through an agent are they forbidden to sell the property themselves anymore?
Yes, until the listing expires. However, if the eventual buyer was shown the house while it was listed, the the agent comes into play again. If you have someone who might be interested before listing with the agent, then you can have them excluded from the contract, thus making a sale to them possible.
YMMV.