I am not happy with my Realtor and want to go with another firm

Situation: My house in on the market and my realtor has been, to say, very sloppy and lazy.

Contract States: "If seller breaches this listing, seller is in default and will be liable to Broker for the compensation specified in paragraph 5a" ---- Which is 6%

Does this mean i owe the broker 6% of my listing price just to break a contract? This does not seem logical.

Yes you do for a defined term. There could be some outs but how are we to know?

Just sounds a bit unreasonable to owe almost $20,000 to someone for taking crappy pictures and poor handling of the listing.

Have you asked them to void the contract bc you don't like working with them? (Sorry if already mentioned)

Really wasn't trying to complain, more just asking for your experts if it's typical to see a contract that still charges commission on the listing price if I fire the realtor

No need to go nuclear without speaking to the agent and broker first... listing agreements are almost always bilateral agreements so nobody has the other by the nuts unless you were dumb and didn't put an end date on your current agreement.

I'd write an email first to both the agent and broker and list your grievances and give them a chance to fix them... they might assign you a better agent and it not interrupt the marketing of your home or maybe it puts your agent on notice of your expectations.

If it's that big of a deal just tell them you won't be selling under your current agreement so you might as well not waste anybody's time and you won't be paying the 6%. Assuming you are in the middle of a 90 days agreement or something though that's a really silly move too in my opinion.

Sorry for being chippy last night. This is what I woke up to yesterday morning

That sucks. Your tree or the neighbor's?

My tree. My morning coffee is community dark roast.

But that did not even get my attention.

All cleaned up for 500 Alex.

guessing the crazy ass winds we've been having here in Austin got you.

that's a Bradford Pear tree? They get to a certain age and then fall apart like that. That's a large one too - so prob old and not surprising. Had the same thing happen to mine.

Here is a serious answer (if possible)... ask to have your contract amended so that the date ends as soon as you wish it to.

We had a house that just wasn't selling last year and we got frustrated with the agent, so we asked to move the end date of the contract up. I think we gave them two more weeks to put forth some sort of effort and then it was done.

If nothing else, the request might spur them into asking what the problem is and then maybe they will try to fix it.

CapCity12thMan said:

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that's a Bradford Pear tree? They get to a certain age and then fall apart like that. That's a large one too - so prob old and not surprising. Had the same thing happen to mine.

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The Devil's tree.

Talk to your realtor's broker and ask to be released from your contract. Explain without emotion your problems with the services provided by your realtor.

Come back and report.

I have asked a realtor to terminate the contract many times before (either I didn't find them beneficial or if I wanted to pull the house off market.). They typically understand and will let you out of it.

Just make sure they "withdraw" your listing. Sometimes the realtor will just put it in some kind of suspended listing and when the new agent tries to create their listing, they can't.

Bradford Pear - aka Timebomb of future property damage.

Yep I knew it was a matter of time. I just pruned it a month ago but did very lightly. Still got bombed

ours failed right after pruning too...it is a builder grade tree, and in our neighborhood (1990-1991 construction) they were used plenty, and most right next to driveways LOL. Right after ours fell, we removed it, then next few months after that I saw 2-3 more go down. Like they all hit 25+ yrs and that was it.

Mine is 25. Waiting on the adjuster to come out before the rest comes down.

I hope that, what 70' model?, is ok! My first car was a 70 little hot rod that dad and I repainted together, I love them. Beautiful trucks.

It was my grandfathers last truck. It's a 1971 Chevy C-10 with automatic, AC, V-8, Power steering bad ass original truck. This is what it looks like without a tree on the thing.

just call your agent and state your grievances; then amend or cancel the contract. You will not be forced to pay anything unless its a rental property and they are nailing you from a management company perspective.

What are you asking for the truck?

Are you asking me about my 71?

It's not for sale

Unless you have an active negotiation, agent's broker should cut you loose. More hassle and liability to fight with you.