mavis
New Member
a year and half ago we were working with agentX to find a houseA. we worked with agentX for like 6mths. he was not professional at all. we continue to work with him for that long as we thought he deserve a chance. agentX is a single dad. each time we had showings/viewing, he was bringing his kids along. we beared with him, and thought he deserved a chance. after so long, our lives were being compromised, we were living with inlaws in their basement with two kids under 3yrs old so you can imagine how desperately we needed a place.
each time we place an offer, we sign agent/buyer agreement. the dates on the agent/buyer agreement usually expires with the closing date of the offer if we were to win the offer. if our offer is rejected, we assume there is no agent/buyer purchase/lease agreement.
on our last offer, we clearly told agentX, we do not want any contract agreement, we clearly told him, we want you to bid on this houseA for us, and if we dont get it, its goodbye. that is our verbal talk. we repeated that conversation several times, and he explained several times it wasnt a contract and that he was representing us to place our offer for the house, and yes, if it doesnt go through we part ways. on the agreement, he put the date that we were placing the offer, and the closing date of the houseA if we were to win the houseA all in all, we didnt win the houseA, so we said our goodbyes.
a week later, we put matters into our own hands as we were getting really faustrated, we found a listings on mls, and we knew well enough the conversation we had with agentX, we knew we werent bound by any contract, so we decided to go with agentW. agentW got this houseB we found for us with delight. we are currently in our new houseB happy etc.
agentX resurfaces claiming we owe him a commission and that, the date we bought our house falls in between the dates of houseA. we were just shocked and appalled.
we thought, we had a mutual conversattion before we parted ways, but now, agentX is saying something different. i know in a court of law, its not about he says she says, we do have proof of our certified checks, and the houseA we last placed our offer on.
to make a long things short, whats are our right, and what do we do from here? any advice is greatly appreciated.
each time we place an offer, we sign agent/buyer agreement. the dates on the agent/buyer agreement usually expires with the closing date of the offer if we were to win the offer. if our offer is rejected, we assume there is no agent/buyer purchase/lease agreement.
on our last offer, we clearly told agentX, we do not want any contract agreement, we clearly told him, we want you to bid on this houseA for us, and if we dont get it, its goodbye. that is our verbal talk. we repeated that conversation several times, and he explained several times it wasnt a contract and that he was representing us to place our offer for the house, and yes, if it doesnt go through we part ways. on the agreement, he put the date that we were placing the offer, and the closing date of the houseA if we were to win the houseA all in all, we didnt win the houseA, so we said our goodbyes.
a week later, we put matters into our own hands as we were getting really faustrated, we found a listings on mls, and we knew well enough the conversation we had with agentX, we knew we werent bound by any contract, so we decided to go with agentW. agentW got this houseB we found for us with delight. we are currently in our new houseB happy etc.
agentX resurfaces claiming we owe him a commission and that, the date we bought our house falls in between the dates of houseA. we were just shocked and appalled.
we thought, we had a mutual conversattion before we parted ways, but now, agentX is saying something different. i know in a court of law, its not about he says she says, we do have proof of our certified checks, and the houseA we last placed our offer on.
to make a long things short, whats are our right, and what do we do from here? any advice is greatly appreciated.
