I won’t ask people to sign exclusive buyer agency agreements just to show them homes

I am going to talk a little bit about buyer agency agreements in North Carolina. In North Carolina, I can't show a person a home unless I represent them as their agent. However, I could represent them under an oral agreement, which would not require them to work with me past that showing.

The only time that there is a requirement to put something in writing is if, for instance, a buyer would want to make an offer on a home and they would want me to help them with it. Then we'd have to put something in writing at that point in time.

But until then, it's fine to work under an oral agreement. Now, my personal policy is to not ask people to sign exclusive buyer agency agreements, just to show homes. Some agents do. Maybe not the first showing, but by the second or third showing or they might try to get them to sign one.

But a lot of page other agents are like me and they don't do that. My personal philosophy is that if someone wants to work with me, they'll work with me. We don't need an agreement. If they don't want to work with me, I don't want to force them to try to work with me because they've signed some agreement.

I don't think that would really ever work out. So that's my personal philosophy. I've never had an issue because of doing that. I mean, let's face it, I am a ray of sunshine. Who would not want to work with me? Don't answer that.

If you do come across an agent that wants you to do that, just know that you are not required to. If you're not comfortable with it, I would recommend not doing it.

There are other agents out there like me, who will not require you to sign an exclusive buyer agency agreement just to see homes.