svelte and ddm it was good to see your measured responses.
Honestabe why don’t you call the broker for the listing agent and ask them what happened, why the home went so quick and see what sort of information that you get. If there was an inside job then why would the bank even list the home with a brokerage? Are you implying that someone at the bank told the brokerage, “psst, hey take Joe Sheisters offer to purchase”.
Now the listing says that the list date was 2/5/09 and that the listing went off market on 2/10/09 so that is 5 days. Given the bizarre activity it is absolutely reasonable that many offers were received after the first day or two. I keep harping on how bizarre a time it is right now…. I will say it again, it is a frustrating time if you are a buyer.
Also please note… in some cases a brokerage will receive the listing from a lender BUT will not receive a price yet. In those cases the broker may indeed put a sign out so that potential buyers will contact the broker and in some cases even send in offers. Once the broker receives the pricing from the bank they can then put the home on the MLS.
Now could there have been a situation where some buyers came in without an agent so the listing agent will get both sides? Yes… However if there was an offer from a buyer with a different agent that did not get accepted and it was substantially higher then the offer that got accepted that listing agent could be in serious hot water. Especially if that other buyers agent tracked the deal and then reported it to the DRE.
Anyways… this tranny doesn’t seem like anything underhanded.. Not to say underhanded stuff does not occur…
