Brokerage & Agency

    No Brokerage Relationship

    A Florida brokerage status in which a licensee deals with a buyer or seller as a customer and owes only three limited duties.

    Under a no brokerage relationship, the licensee does not represent the buyer or seller at all. The person is treated as a customer, not a client. This status must be disclosed in writing before, or at the time of, showing property.

    The licensee owes only three duties: deal honestly and fairly, disclose all known facts that materially affect the value of residential real property and are not readily observable to the buyer, and account for all funds entrusted to the licensee. There is no duty of loyalty, confidentiality, or obedience.

    On the exam

    Questions test the short list of three duties. Anything involving loyalty or confidentiality is wrong for a no brokerage relationship.

    Exam trap

    A no brokerage relationship still requires disclosure of known material defects. Choosing the customer status does not remove the duty to disclose hidden defects.

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    Authorized Relationships (7% of the exam)

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