Asking a realtor for a discount after signing a contract?
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Asking a realtor for a discount after signing a contract?
We recently sold our house. When we were ready to put our house on the market we had a realtor come over and let us know what we needed to do to get it ready. We signed a contract with them that it would go on the market on a certain date. Shortly after that meeting someone found out we were putting our house on the market and they wanted to look at it. A few weeks later they put a contract on the house. Our house sold before it was ‘officially’ on the market. Since this was the case a lot of the fees the realtor usually has to incur did not happen. They did not have the cost of hiring a photographer to take pictures and they did not have the cost of advertising the house listing. Is it proper to ask for a discount, since some of what we paid for them to do never happened?
Asked on July 17, 2019 under Real Estate Law, Tennessee
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 4 years ago | Contributor
Can you *ask* for a discount? Of course--anyone can ask for anything. But if the contract does not provide for a discounty in this situation, then you are not entitled to one--you have to pay what the contract indicates you pay in these circumstances. It would therefore be voluntary on the realtor's part to give you a discount. But since you definitely won't get a discount if you don't ask, there is no harm in asking--worst case, the realtor will say "no."
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