When bad things happen in a real estate transaction Part 3

San Francisco real estate involves a lot of money so do not rely on a real estate clients’ verbal promise

The following real estate scenario is a continuation of last week’s real estate blog so if you want the background story, please go back and read the April 7 2015 Blog.

I got the call from my real estate clients ten days later after they told me that a prospective buyer, had contacted them directly. This Real Estate Buyer had brought in their own real estate agent who showed them the house. The house, which I had worked on for five months, changing it from a tired pumpkin into a shining castle to make it ready to go on the real estate market.

“You still want me to represent you then, right?” I asked, dumbfounded by this new information. “The buyer is being represented by a real estate agent and you should be too, of course.” I added.

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