If I cancel my buyer-agent agreement then later make an offer on a home with a new agent, am I protected from the first agent suing me?
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If I cancel my buyer-agent agreement then later make an offer on a home with a new agent, am I protected from the first agent suing me?
Asked on November 28, 2011 under Real Estate Law, California
Answers:
M.T.G., Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 13 years ago | Contributor
This is a very difficult question to answer in this type of forum. Your agreement with you agent is a contract and the terms of that contract will govern the rights and responsibilities not only of the agent, but of you as well. You need to read the terms and determine if and when you can cancel, for what reasons you can cancel (and those may not be apparent to you at the onset; speaking with an attorney about your reasons why may in fact give rise to a legal cause for cancelling; without knowing more or reading the agreement it is difficult to tell), etc. I would really have some one help you or you will be in the middle of an agent war. Good luck.
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