Long story short I switched agents after 2 failed offers. I found a new agent who seemed a lot better at pushing down the price and striking the deal. I went with the new guy to tour a condo I had my eye on, liked what I saw, so we put in an offer and he got to work, told me he was on the phone all day and managed to shave $15k off asking price and got the listing agent to sign. The terms looked great so I signed and was preparing to set aside my escrow amount.
An hour later and I’m on the phone with my previous agent who obviously wasn’t pleased but then he said he already showed me the condo on our first tour. I was like what ive never seen the place before. But thinking about it when i saw it yesterday it was completely dark from daylight savings and the unit had no electricity until we figured out how to turn it on, we were shining our phone flashlights. And all the showings I did with the previous agent were in daylight. Now that I think about it I can vaguely remember the previous agent did show it to me awhile ago but I had no recollection at the time. I guess I’m just really bad at remembering things.
My previous agent is planning to take it to the courts. Am I completely cooked and on the hook now to pay the former agent? Did I just involuntarily set the two agents up for a huge legal battle? It’s in California, the only thing I know is the second guy had me sign a buyer representation agreement with the property listed before the showing and the first guy never did but I have no idea if that makes any difference
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