I was going to rent someones house and at the last minute this person say’s that they are moving back to the house because their spouse can’t find work in the correct location, this person hired a real estate and had told me and the real esate person that she will pay his finder’s fee, now the woman is telling lies all over the place and wants me to pay what should i do because i didn’t find the guy and should not have to pay?
ELLIOT
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Your question is confusing but it sounds like you’re saying the landlord hired a realtor and verbally agreed to rent to you but changed her mind. Now the realtor wants to be paid and they’re trying to stick you for the fee.
If this is what happened you are not obligated to pay for several reasons.
1. If the landlord retained the realtor it’s the landlord’s obligation to pay the realtor’s fee.
2. The verbal contract was never consummated. In other words, you didn’t get the house.
3. A verbal agreement is only worth the paper its written on. Without a written contract there is no way to enforce anything. It just boils down to he said/she said, exactly the situation you are describing.
The Real Estate Agent will have a contract written with the owner of the property.
The agreement/contract is between the owner and the Real Estate Agent.
If the Real Estate Agent asked you or you phoned the Real Estate Agent and agreed to pay the Real Estate Agent for finding you a home you owe the Real Estate Agent by your contract you signed.
If you answered the Real Estate Agents ad and paid the agent any fee the receipt/fee of payments is agreement. The deposit will be mentioned in the contract or lease.
I assume the situation is : the Realtor is asking the owner for the Real Estate Fee because in finding a renter , or refusing a refund of the real estate fee. The Real Estate Agent did do that part of the contract and probably is asking for his “finder fee” and why you are being contacted. The owner backed out of the contract and the Realtor is refusing to refund the “finding fee” because the Realtor paid for ads and took on expenses to find a “renter”. Basically it isn’t your problem unless you signed a contract or paid a deposit.
that is just an assumption from what i can gather.
Verbal with no witness?
Keep your mouth shut and forget it.
Your question is confusing!
The next time you write a question try not to use so many pronouns. It is hard to figure out who you are speaking of when you say “this person”, “she”, “his”, “the guy”.
Most of the time the landlord pays the real estate fee. If you promised to pay the real estate agent then you will need to look at your agreement with that agent.
