[quote=spdrun]I didn’t think that dual agency in the case of short sales was actually legal. I suppose the buyer could agree to represent themselves without the seller’s agent working for them.[/quote]
In CA, buyers MUST have representation when buying a property listed by a RE broker.
If they make an offer with the LA without representation, then the LA will be their agent or he/she will get another agent in his/her brokerage to “represent” them. This is still considered “dual agency.”