Also consider this – if the agent doesn’t want to deal with an FSBO, but you have direct access to the buyers. Tell the buyers to tell the agent to either deal with you or step aside and do a direct seller-to-owner deal. Then you get the escrow agent to manage everything and neither buyer nor seller is represented. I have done this before and the process is remarkably smooth when there are not two agents involved who are trying to manage not only their clients’ needs, but are also trying to limit their own liability. A surprising amount of the paperwork involved is there to protect the agents.
