Crooked Realtor In California

[everyonezangel]

We recently purchased a house in California thru a realtor who is selling the house for his daughter (she is the legal owner). Since we found the house without the assistance of our own realtor, the realtor who was selling the property assured us that he would represent both the seller (his daughter) and the buyer. Needless to say it's been one catastrophe after another. The realtor asked if the seller could move the escrow date up by two weeks, and rent back until Dec 26th. We agreed, however, escrow did not close on the specified date. And now it is scheduled to close on the original date (Dec 26th) and the seller has no plans to be out of the house on that date. The realtor has been extremely uncooperative and even used profanity with us when questioned about his seller's moving date. What legal remedies are available to us?

 

[HomeGuru]

We recently purchased a house in California thru a realtor who is selling the house for his daughter (she is the legal owner).
A: Realtor was required to disclose that fact.
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Since we found the house without the assistance of our own realtor,
A: you still should have used your own Realtor.
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the realtor who was selling the property assured us that he would represent both the seller (his daughter) and the buyer.
A: total bullsh*t. The Realtor can't represent both the Seller and the Buyer unless there was a disclosed dual agency agreement.
Furthermore the Realtor has a fiduciary duty to the Seller and the Seller is the client. The Buyer would just be the customer.
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Needless to say it's been one catastrophe after another. The realtor asked if the seller could move the escrow date up by two weeks, and rent back until Dec 26th. We agreed, however, escrow did not close on the specified date. And now it is scheduled to close on the original date (Dec 26th) and the seller has no plans to be out of the house on that date. The realtor has been extremely uncooperative and even used profanity with us when questioned about his seller's moving date. What legal remedies are available to us?
A: use the attorney that you should have used in the first place when you decided not to use your own Realtor.
You are getting screwed because you have no one to represent you. Wake up and smell the pine needles for you need professional help.