The best business comes in form of former customer referrals but in this case I'm not sure if it would be in the sellers best interest to accept his business, and in fact, it may not be in my best business interest neither. Here is what happened:
Short sale seller contacted me and informed me that he had his property listed for a year with another broker. A contract was received on the property and the short negotiated with Bank of America as the first lienholder, no second lienholder.
According to seller, BoA has approved a short sale amount which is more than the buyer had offered and subsequently buyer has walked away. Home is back on market. I have to add that the home is a repaired sinkhole home and therefore, the pool of prospective buyers is already somewhat smaller.
Seller is unhappy with the current LA because they are difficult to reach and he suspects "buyers" are being lost because of LA unresponsiveness to calls and wants to list the property with someone else when the listing expires.
What would be the implications on the short sale process if he were to change listing brokers now? Would BoA close the file or require the process to be started all over again?
Thus far, I encouraged this seller to discuss his concerns with his LA in light of the extensive work that they must have performed to get to this point.
Has anyone encountered a similar situation and how did you handle it?
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A repaired sinkhole... wow! That is scarry.
Well aside from that, check with Realtor's legal to see what it would mean to you if you took over and got a buyer within a certain amount of time. I'd want to know who the other had offers from so that I would not run into getting an offer that was already submitted and then maybe owning the other agent part of your commission.
I'd check the listing agreement to see what the terms are with the other agent. Have the homeowner give you authorization to speak to the negotiator to see if they did a counter amount and terms so you know what you would be facing (sales date, etc.).
Pam, Katerina, Judy, and Wendy, thank you for your comments. The listing agreement is expiring so it would require an extension. The property was first listed a year ago when lis pendens was filed. So besides the limiting effects of the sinkhole issue, time may be running short as well.
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