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Old 11-02-2023, 03:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Dusty_Star View Post
You could modify this to contain 'in Florida'. In other states buyers can indeed sign a contract with a buyers agent. Another poster repeatedly kept mentioning Massachusetts & they are not wrong.
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Originally Posted by margaretmattson View Post

I hope the practice of a buyers agent is banned in all states. If banned, this will save sellers quite a bit of money by not having to pay high commissions.
Yeah, let's ban Buyer's Brokers, because no one needs them. Who cares that AARP, the Consumer Federation of America, Money Magazine and the Federal Trade Commission, all advocate the use of a Buyer's Broker.


Florida’s Dirty Little Secret: Transactional Brokerage Leaves Consumers as Clueless as Ever

"Ralph Nader, the AARP, the Consumer Federation of America, the Federal Trade Commission, Money magazine and other media advocated that buyers should seek out and work with buyer’s brokers to assure that their interests were truly represented."

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