Thank you notes to agents! Help!!!

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Hi, I want to send agents who have used us a hand written thank you note but I don't know what to say!

They legally are not allowed to recommend us, so I cant say thanks for recommending me.

I was thinking something like this and would love some feedback!!

Hi ____ Thank you for being so easy to work with at the inspection on 123 main st. I look forward to working with me in the future.

-signature

Thanks everyone in advance

-Christina

I look forward to working with me in the future

Comes off a little vain...

Yeah, I can see that. Do you have any suggestions for what I should say instead?

Lol oh I just saw the "me" part hahaha

How about "I look forward to working with YOU in the future". Or maybe I am looking forward to you being a part of the/our/my team as we work together in the future?

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Make it about "Them". Let them know you appreciate the way they take such good care of their buyers (specific examples are helpful here), and you're glad to be a part of their Real Estate team.

Where is it illegal for a Realtor to recommend an inspector?

Juan Jimenez wrote:Where is it illegal for a Realtor to recommend an inspector?

Massachusetts, for one.

Thank you everyone for your suggestions they really help! And Juan, I live in Missouri, here it is illigal for agents to recommend a home inspector due to liability issues, I wish it wasn't lol.

Thanks again, everyone!
Christina

HomeInspectorHere wrote:Hi, I want to send agents who have used us a hand written thank you note but I don't know what to say!

They legally are not allowed to recommend us, so I cant say thanks for recommending me.

I was thinking something like this and would love some feedback!!

Hi ____ Thank you for being so easy to work with at the inspection on 123 main st. I look forward to working with me in the future.

-signature

Thanks everyone in advance

-Christina

Legal or not...It's a conflict of interest. I deliberately look for inspectors outside the realtor's range of "influence." Thanks for the post, though. Always good to know who's in cahoots with the realtors - i.e., who to avoid.

Dom D'Agostino wrote:

Juan Jimenez wrote:Where is it illegal for a Realtor to recommend an inspector?

Massachusetts, for one.

Can you show me that law?

HomeInspectorHere wrote:Thank you everyone for your suggestions they really help! And Juan, I live in Missouri, here it is illigal for agents to recommend a home inspector due to liability issues, I wish it wasn't lol.

Thanks again, everyone!
Christina

Can you show me that law?

I'm sure you can search for more specifics, here is some info:

http://www.mass.gov/ocabr/government/oca-agencies/dpl-lp/consumer-fact-sheets/home-inspectors-consumer-fact-sheet.html

Dom D'Agostino wrote:I'm sure you can search for more specifics, here is some info:

http://www.mass.gov/ocabr/government/oca-agencies/dpl-lp/consumer-fact-sheets/home-inspectors-consumer-fact-sheet.html

4. Registrants shall not knowingly permit a real estate broker or salesperson (as defined in M.G.L. c 112, § 87PP) to directly recommend his/her services. This prohibition shall not apply if there is a written contractual agreement or a written agency disclosure between a specific buyer and the real estate broker specifying the real estate broker is acting exclusively for the buyer as a Buyer's Broker.

Sounds like its completely legal as long as the agent and the client have a contract saying the they working on the clients interest. You're telling me agents don't make clients sign contracts like that in Mass?

You're telling me agents don't make clients sign contracts like that in Mass?

I have no idea, since I don't work in that State. Neither do you, it seems. Can't say I'm interested in their State Statute or the "work-around" agents may use to avoid "conflict", but it appears you have an interest in the issue.

Real estate brokers and salesmen may not directly recommend a specific home inspection company or home inspector unless representing the buyer as a buyer's broker

Keep us posted, perhaps I understand the rules wrong.
Either way, it's business as usual for me in Florida.

Dom.