Cost assessment for used purchase

The seller must still be able to decide for himself. And if he signals that there is still room for negotiation at that price, then the agent should not dismiss that. BTW, he will only do that if he has an exclusive contract and no one can get ahead of him. And exploiting that and possibly acting not in the interest of the seller, who may want to sell quickly, I find outrageous.

[Aufforderung zum Rechtsbruch entfernt - Mod. Dirk Grafe]

Then cheekily exchange numbers with the seller and make a deal with him. More details gladly via PM...

That is pretty much the dumbest thing you can advise/do - rather, I advise both of you to immediately and permanently refrain from such considerations as long as the broker’s mandate has not expired.

The broker will definitely find out and then has a legal claim to the full commission.

Moreover, the supposed circumvention of the broker is completely pointless – the broker does not even have the possibility to block an offer, even if he likes to communicate it that way. You submit the offer in writing to the broker and inquire with the seller whether he has received it.

If the broker actually blocks the forwarding of a written offer, he would violate his contractual duties and then the way would of course be clear for an agreement without a broker. Definitely not before.

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Dirk Grafe

I did not urge anywhere to "bypass" the broker, but merely to communicate with the seller. How else, please, should one inquire whether he has received the written offer if one cannot contact the seller? And nothing is done in writing with us either; usually, the seller, interested party, and broker sit together and negotiate. Of course, if it is a good house in a sought-after location at a reasonable price, and the broker also has an exclusive contract, from his point of view there is no hurry; he will hope to sell the house at the full price. But if the seller wants or must sell quickly and would therefore also accept a price reduction, then the broker has the duty to act accordingly! And for that sole reason I had recommended getting in touch with the seller. There are ways to outsmart the broker, for that I, who also work as a broker on the side myself, have not called for!

... who also works as a real estate agent on the side ...

On the side - what exactly is meant by that?

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By the way - what exactly is meant by that?

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That I work freelance for a larger broker alongside my regular job...

Thank you.

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