Brokerage & Agency

    Single Agent

    A licensee who represents one party, the buyer or the seller, with full fiduciary duties under Florida law.

    A single agent represents one party in a transaction and owes that principal full fiduciary duties. Establishing a single-agent relationship requires written disclosure to the principal before, or at the time of, entering into a listing agreement or showing property.

    The duties of a single agent are dealing honestly and fairly, loyalty, confidentiality, obedience, full disclosure, accounting for all funds, skill and care, presenting all offers and counteroffers, and disclosing all known facts that materially affect the value of residential property. A single agent can transition to a transaction broker, but only with the principal's written consent before the change.

    On the exam

    Know the one-directional rule: a single agent can become a transaction broker with written consent, but a transaction broker cannot become a single agent mid-transaction.

    Exam trap

    Verbal consent is not enough to transition from single agent to transaction broker. Florida requires the principal's written consent before the change takes effect.

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    Authorized Relationships (7% of the exam)

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