Maryland Realtors ...restrictions on referrals
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This is what threw me: we just heard about your impending restrictions
Who is "your"? Because "we" the forum do not have restrictions on realtors.
So that's why I thought maybe you thought you were on another board. I sometimes make an inappropriate post in one of my online groups, thinking I'm in the other online group.
Yes, you can talk about other things in the General Chat area, but putting the message into a context would be helpful. Such as starting off with, "Any other realtors here?" and then bringing up the topic of interest.
FWIW, I agree with you that restricting referrals put a burden onto the buyer in a situation where they would naturally ask the realtor for a referral. I'm in the process of trying to buy a rental house and my knee-jerk reaction is to ask the realtor to refer me to an appraiser, inspector, handyman, etc.
However this can also result in referring people based on getting kickbacks or other favors, which might compromise the relationship by creating a conflict of interest.
Who is "your"? Because "we" the forum do not have restrictions on realtors.
So that's why I thought maybe you thought you were on another board. I sometimes make an inappropriate post in one of my online groups, thinking I'm in the other online group.
Yes, you can talk about other things in the General Chat area, but putting the message into a context would be helpful. Such as starting off with, "Any other realtors here?" and then bringing up the topic of interest.
FWIW, I agree with you that restricting referrals put a burden onto the buyer in a situation where they would naturally ask the realtor for a referral. I'm in the process of trying to buy a rental house and my knee-jerk reaction is to ask the realtor to refer me to an appraiser, inspector, handyman, etc.
However this can also result in referring people based on getting kickbacks or other favors, which might compromise the relationship by creating a conflict of interest.
Time to build a bigger bridge.
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