I’m currently looking at purchasing a property here in Perth.
The current negotiations with the real estate agent is not progressing well as their is a lack of understanding as to why the vendors are selling, he is unprofessional & impolite.
I would like to negotiate with the vendor directly & ask them to list it through another agent.
I would like to ask if anyone has some suggestions on how to discreetly discover the name of the current owner?
I thankyou for your suggestions.
You can email me if you prefer at [email protected]
Have a great week everyone.
unfortunately it is totally unethical to contact the vendor directly (details can be found by a title search). The agent will still be entitled to a commission as you have found the property off their listing.
Hi Tyler,
You may get stuck with this one as if you are introduced by the agent, the vendor must still pay that agent the commission due. In Victoria the vendors name is printed on the front of the contract/sect 32 so you maybe able to get a copy of that and hope that there are not too many people in the town with that name. If the vendor lives at the address maybe try a very discreet knock on the door.
Good luck, maybe try to woo the agent and make them your very good friend
D
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The property we are settling on this week had people knocking on her door and she just told them to see the agent, so they didn't even get a look in with the vendor.
D
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Hi Tyler
I won't make any comment on ethics here but you may be interested to learn of the different types of Agency Agreements in WA and how these effect the payment of commission. The WA government has a publication at:
http://www.reba.wa.gov.au/Content/Buyers_and_sellers/Information_for_Homebuyers_and_Sellers.htmlGo to page 10, where it starts, "There are five types of Authority to Sell. These are:"
Cheers, Paul
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Hey thankyou to everyone for your thoughts. I ended up buying a title from landgate & then investigating the owner from that. Thankyou to everyone.
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