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Been following the previous thread on agent feedback after showing a listing. Interesting. So how about Broker/Agent Opens? Do you give or expect feedback when visiting/holding open? As a buyers agent is there any fudiciary duty being crossed when you step inside?

Send a postcard to residents in apartments in the area, make sure you have handouts for them to walk awy with. Invite a lender and title person to speak as well and keep it under two hours are my suggestions from doing them in the past.

Bill Lublin you are convuluting the idea of the reasoning for the Maryland law onto phone conversations which it was not intended for. The law expressly speaks of open houses. :)

I am a Maryland agent and yes that is the rule brought down by the Real Estate Commission. Seems some sellers complained that agents were holding their homes open to NOT sell their home but to get buyers. So... now we are not allowed to talk to buyers about other listings at the open but can afterwards. We are representing the seller at the listing and I explain that to the buyers and that I would be happy to discuss other homes after the open is over. Have not found buyers to balk if explained properly. Once they understand and if we have built a repore at the open they are happy to have me talk to them afterwards.

I do but not right out the gate. If the lead is on one of my listings my duty is to share as much about the house as I can. If they are smitten from my discription and want to see I will then ask if they are agent bound. If the lead is on a home that is not my listing I will share what I do know and then ask. I think we put too much pressure on a lead as to their allegience right out the gate. Buyer agency comes out of building a relationship not out of sign it or go away. IMHO

somehow I have found that when I have a passion for something any monetary gain just naturally follows. Go for the passion.

I would scream into my pillow.

I'm preparing to do the same, but holding mine monthly. I have teamed up with a lender to help speak as well.

Bill Lublin go way back up the thread when you referred to the Maryland FAQ. You clearly quoted "Only if the licensee has done everything possible to interest the consumer in purchasing the property, and the consumer clearly states that he or she has no interest in purchasing the property, may a licensee offer to exchange contact information and to assist the consumer at a time after the open house, " and moments later short circuited the law by saying "Simply put, once the agent asks the buyer "are you interested in buying the house?", and the buyer says, "no its not for me", the agent is free to offer them other properties after they go through whatever the appropriate agency disclosures are"...you completely overlooked "AFTER THE OPEN HOUSE". You can not do anything more than schedule a meeting. You can't just blindly say , well they didn't want this house so I am free to chat up others. You did it in the very next paragraph and you wonder why agents overlook laws. It is plain english and was lost in thirty or forty words.

Being a proper fiduciary trumps any risk of negative perception as gatekeepers. I completely agree with the thinking behind laws such as these.

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