A client mentioned to me recently that I really needed to talk about dual agency on the blog, as his perception was that people really didn’t understand it all that well.  An interesting point, for a couple of reasons:  one, his perception of Joe Public was completely right, and two, he was a client and understood the idea of Agency when it comes to real estate better than some REALTORS.  I was impressed, said thank you and proceeded to not get around to it.  Nice guy, huh?  But I’ve thought about his comment a number of times since then and he’s right – the public doesn’t understand what agency is when it comes to real estate transactions, and that’s because as REALTORS we’re not doing a good enough job of explaining it.  So here it is … Agency 101, focusing specifically on dual agency, in 503 words or less. Read More