Follow the steps of a buyer agent from representation agreement to closing on a buyer’s acquisition of property and recognize a buyer’s breach of the purchase agreement.
Your fee agreement, a purchase agreement, the breaching buyer
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Implicit Bias, Office Management & Supervision, Agency, Fair Housing, Trust Funds, Ethics and Risk Management
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05/25: The 2025 rules for buyer representation and fee-splitting avoidance have been edited into this e-book.
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