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Who is an EXCLUSIVE Buyer Agent???

Carla Muss-Jacobs
March 08, 2008
Real estate is a "Me Too" business.

"I have a fax machine!" -- Me too!

"I have my photo on my business cards!" -- Me too!

"I have a computer!" -- Me too!

"I have internet access!" -- Me too!

"I have a cell phone!" -- Me too!

"I have a web site!" -- Me too!

"I have a Blackberry!" -- Me too!

And now . . . Agents are picking up on "buyer agency" and touting/marketing themselves as "Exclusive Buyer Agent."

If a RealtorŪ is working for a LISTING brokerage . . . they are an "AGENT" of that brokerage. While they may practice and concentrate their real estate business working with buyers only, as a matter of choice, they are STILL an agent of a listing brokerage.

If they EXCLUDE their office listings from being shown to you, as a buyer client, then fine . . . keep on advertising "EXCLUSIVE BUYER'S AGENT."

But, what if . . .

Out of your specified buyer wants and needs that listing office has a PERFECT house for you! Only problem is . . . itīs listed with them!

Will your "EXCLUSIVE" buyerīs agent NOT show you that listing? Because if they do, they are no longer going to be "exclusive" to anyone! They will be . . . a dual agent.


They will need to obtain written permission, full disclosure if you want to write up an offer on that property. The seller, by the way, will also have a "dual agency relationship" created when you, as the buyer, tour the listed property.

Please understand that "agency relationships" are LEGAL! And who represents whom is YOUR RIGHT to know!

I hate to break it to the "ME TOO" folks . . . they are NOT exclusive to buyers if there's a snowball's chance they may become a dual agent (if their brokerage takes listings). DUAL, as in: SELLER/buyer.

Check this video out . . . Iīll stop writing now . . .

WHO IS an EXCLUSIVE Buyerīs Agent?

By the way, itīs always a good time to find an EXCLUSIVE BUYERS AGENT and start the buying process right!! Donīt forget to visit me online for BUYER TIPS:

Visit me on the web: EBA Portland
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Carla Muss-Jacobs

Carla Muss-Jacobs, ABR, CEBA, e-Pro, Broker/Owner of EBA Portland, LLC. an EXCLUSIVE BUYER AGENCY located in Portland, Oregon. She practices the "true" form of buyer agency: 100% buyer representation, 100% of the time.

WHY? Buyers have been underrepresented in the market. Listing agents represent the Sellers ... not the Buyers. Whatever a buyer says to the listing agent (at an open house, calling on a For Sale sign) may actually hinder the buyer in further negotiations.

Buyers have "emotions" with a home purchase. "You find the house you love ... I'll do the rest," focusing on the true bottom line in real estate: the legal aspects of contracts, the material and substantive issues involved in a home purchase.

Carla has a B.S. in Social Science, over 15 years in the legal industry as a legal assistant/paralegal. She is a Certified Legal Secretary (1987) through the Beverly Hills Bar Association.

Carla is an Accredited Buyers Agent and e-Pro (through the National Association of RealtorsŪ), and a Certified Exclusive Buyers' Agent (through NAEBA, the National Assoc. of Exclusive Buyer Agents, a non-profit established to assist BUYERS!)

An EBA by choice, she knows both sides of the transaction, and is happy to answer general real estate questions with knowledge of the ever-changing markets. (Licensed in Oregon).

EBA Portland