The purpose of contacting the realtor,is that he is the agent for the buyer. The realtor should be able to tell you the buyer’s plans. In the absence of the realtor, just call the buyers yourself. I called and spoke with my buyers/sellers for my last transactions, when I was no longer intimidated by realtors who told me not to contact the buyer/seller.
In my last sale, the buyers’ agent told me not to contact the buyers anymore. I called my buyers and told them I would adhere to this only if they had made the request. They were surprised, and said they had not asked me to stop calling. I think the buyers’ agent was embarassed, because I called my buyers to clear up some wrong information she presented about the septic tanks. I was furious with this agent, and I told her she had no business telling me to whom I can talk. I was yelling at her for about 2 minutes.
Realtors like to be in control and feel powerful. That’s the only reason they would prevent buyers and sellers from interacting. Other times, they negotiate when buyers and sellers lose their cool and argue over repairs or other issues.
