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Originally Posted by bizaro86
You'd have to have a pretty compliant realtor to get away with that. The standard MLS listing contract used by realtors in Calgary includes a provision that the full commission is due and payable if an unconditional offer at or above list price comes in, even if the seller doesn't take it. That's a pretty big disincentive to do that. Assuming the realtor isn't in on the shadyness, I suppose.
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Happens all the time in Vancouver. A lot of people use their in-laws/cousins as realtors, so the compliance thing becomes a non-issue. In Vancouver it seems as though every other person is a real estate agent.