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Originally Posted by taylor111947
I will be listing my house with a realtor by the end of the month. Meanwhile a friend of a friend would like to see the house today so I guess at this point it is a FSBO situation. How does it work if she brings a realtor? Although I can't imagine that she would, I just want a better understanding of the 'rules'.
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The 'rules' in this situation are up to you. If your friend chooses to bring a realtor in, it's up to you to elect to pay or not pay the realtor anything. We listed a property several years back as a FSBO. The eventual buyer wanted to bring in his realtor - after we'd negotiated and agreed on the selling price - to handle all the paperwork, etc. I said it was fine but whatever that expense amounted to would be out of his pocket, which he was fine with. Actually, we ended up adding it to the sales price of the property with the realtor's commission shown in the transaction as a buyer's expense. Worked out just fine.
Bill