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Designated sales agent

A sales agent appointed within a disclosed dual agency arrangement to advocate for one principal in negotiations.

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What does Designated sales agent mean?

A sales agent appointed within a disclosed dual agency arrangement to advocate for one principal in negotiations.

Exam cue: The brokerage remains a dual agent, and the designated agents cannot provide the full range of undivided fiduciary loyalty.

What does it look like in a question?

New York example

The broker designates one associated agent for the seller and another for the buyer after written informed consent.

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What should you not confuse it with?

Designation does not turn the brokerage into two unrelated single agents.

Related agency terms

AccountingThe fiduciary duty to safeguard and properly account for money, documents and property entrusted to the agent.AgencyA relationship in which an agent is authorized to act for a principal and owes duties within that relationship.Broker's agentAn agent who cooperates with or is engaged by another agent without becoming a subagent of that agent's principal.ClientA principal who is represented by a real estate agent.CustomerA person who receives services from a licensee but is not represented by that licensee as an agent.Dual agencyRepresentation of both sides in the same transaction by the same broker, with the required informed consent.
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