Q: I am an agent and have a listing that is expired but now have a buyer for the home who wants to put in an offer.
How can I protect myself so I still get paid? They have not obtained another listing agent at this time and the home is still for sale. I did not communicate with the buyer during the listing period but only after the listing expired.
A:
Depends on what your listing agreement said about protection periods. While you can sign an agreement with buyer and communicate buyer's offer, sellers have no duty to do anything with it. Just like any other sale.
But if expired most protection periods only require the seller to pay a commission if you introduced the buyer during the listing period. More than likely seller owes you nothing at this point. At most you could get commission on buyer side if seller is offering it to buyer agents
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