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A provisional broker in Winston-Salem is sorting out a file issue involving buyer agency agreements and the written-agreement deadline. Which statement best applies under current North Carolina law?

Correct Answer

B) If a broker is only assisting a buyer as a customer and not as an agent, the broker still must follow WWREA and disclosure duties, but agency-specific promises should not be implied.

If a broker is only assisting a buyer as a customer and not as an agent, the broker still must follow WWREA and disclosure duties, but agency-specific promises should not be implied.

Answer Options
A
A broker may secretly act as buyer agent while telling the seller the buyer is only a customer.
B
If a broker is only assisting a buyer as a customer and not as an agent, the broker still must follow WWREA and disclosure duties, but agency-specific promises should not be implied.
C
Customer status eliminates all agency disclosure duties under current North Carolina rules under current North Carolina rules
D
Calling someone a customer automatically allows fiduciary promises without writing under current North Carolina rules

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Key Terms:

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Related Concepts

A practice where the agent or brokerage represents only one party in a transaction — either the buyer or the seller, but never both.

A relationship where a listing broker authorizes other brokers to act as agents of the seller, extending the seller's agency relationship to cooperating brokers.

A non-agency relationship where the broker facilitates a real estate transaction without representing either party, owing limited duties of honesty, fairness, and competence to both.

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