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Our Property manager is my sister in-law who live near by.
You need to find out what your SIL said to the agent and what the agent thinks your SIL said.
Google "apparent authority" to find out why.
While real estate contract generally have to be in writing to be enforceable, there are exceptions. You'll have to check your state's Statute of Frauds to see how that works.
30% of a month of rent works out to about 3% on a year lease. Like everyone says it has to be written down, double check the lease to make sure it's not in there because on short term small leases it can get added in the contract.
30% of a month of rent works out to about 3% on a year lease. Like everyone says it has to be written down, double check the lease to make sure it's not in there because on short term small leases it can get added in the contract.
It’s not in there because i use my lease contract not the agent’s.
The tenant did signed the contract with me starting lease February 1st. I got the email demanded 30% the following day. That’s why i got confused.
I had this happen on a property I manage and they send the commission request after we accepted, they need to send it along with the application or prior too.
My landlord was nice and we paid them $200, basically said take it or leave it as legally they own them nothing, they agent wanted $700 something.
It’s not in there because i use my lease contract not the agent’s.
An agency agreement would be completely separate from your rental agreement & it couldn't "just be added to the lease".. The broker/agent isn't a "party" to the lease..
OK, OP, I can't unsnarl all the details, but I have some advice.
Stop doing business verbally. Write everything down. You appear to have a business relationship with a property manager (whether this is a relative is irrelevant) and somehow a free-agent realtor got mixed in there, too. You need a contract between you and your property manager. You can be as fancy or plain as you want. It will be perfectly OK simply to write down the terms of your arrangement. If an outside agent gets involved in renting the house, either you or your property manager MUST establish terms with that agent IN WRITING too.
If you keep on doing stuff without any documentation and allowing your manager to do stuff without any documentation, sooner or later it's going to bite you. I think you may have dodged a bullet here because it sounds like you probably are authorized to tell this real estate agent to pound sand - but don't take my opinion on it, you need to find out who told the agent what and who signed what. If you do skate past this one, just once, this needs to be a big time wakeup call to you. You are putting yourself at risk. Liability could be big enough to be most uncomfortable.
All of this is separate and different from the relationship you have with your tenants and the leasing contract you sign with them.
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