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Revisiting Subagency: A Hard Look at Real Representation in Real Estate

June 5, 2025
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Maybe Subagency Isn’t So Crazy After All

So… Rob Hahn stirred the pot again. In his recent piece, A Modest Proposal: Bring Back Subagency, Rob suggests we ditch buyer agency and go back to the “good old days” where everyone worked for the seller—and he makes the case better than I expected.

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