Attending w/o a Broker

Attending an open house w/o your broker is commonplace. Most of my clients do it. I advise clients to designate me as their broker on sign-in sheets, so sellers’ agents will contact me instead of my client for follow-up (saving my clients time and providing them a degree of privacy). If the client likes the unit, I will have already been designated and will then engage the seller’s agent in discussions. If a showing is by appointment only, it is better to have your broker make the appointments for you so that there is no question that you are represented; but in many deals on the UWS, you can typically bring in a broker at any time prior to making an offer and your broker will still earn a commission. I am typically brought in and designated early on by my clients, but I have been brought in as late as the offer stage and have never had an issue collecting a commission (and sharing it with my clients). However you decide to approach it (with a broker or without), sellers brokers will still see you as serious, and you won’t limit your options.

Dan Gotlieb
Digs Realty
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