I’m working with a buyer who wants to make offers on three properties at once. She said she will terminate two of the 合同 when she decides which one she wants to buy. 这合乎道德吗??
No laws or rules prohibit your buyer from making offers on more than one property at a time. 类似的, the 道德守则 does not bar you from representing a buyer making simultaneous offers on multiple properties. If the buyer has a termination option for all three properties, she has the contractual right to terminate two—or all three—of the 合同 within the termination option periods. However, there is a risk involved that you may want to communicate to the buyer. If any of the option fees are not paid within the time prescribed, it may be deemed that the buyer does not have a valid termination option. 在这种情况下, the buyer may not have the ability to terminate one or more of the 合同, which could leave the buyer contractually obligated to purchase more than one property.
Simultaneous offers is one thing but it feels sleezy to me to go under contract on multiple properties without disclosing this to the listing agent. This kinda thing is so damaging to the momentum of a listing when it falls out in option due to no fault with the property. I would advise my buyer this is borderline bad faith and encourage him not to do it. I had a buyer do this on one of my listings one time and I learned my lesson as a listing agent. As a listing agent, negotiate a meaningful option fee in the… 阅读更多»
百分百跟Mica说的一样!
这很公平, after all – neither the seller or the seller’s agent has any obligation to let you (the buyer’s agent or the buyer) know that the seller has a fully signed back up contract in place. During the crazy seller’s market, if a buyer were to ask for something as mere as a lightbulb, 卖家会振作起来, 什么也不说, not respond and wait for the buyer to terminate all while knowing – they had a stronger or should I say “another offer”, fully signed with earnest and option money sitting at the same title company. If… 阅读更多»