In article , "john" wrote:
Is there a specific , legal way to try to contact the seller of a house
directly and bypassing the realtor? can i just look his number up in the
phone book and call him? is that ok to do?

What do you hope to accomplish? The contract the seller has with the realtor
almost certainly specifies that the realtor's commission is due when the house
sells -- without regard to whether the realtor originated the sale or not.
Furthermore, you can't "bypass the realtor" anyway without the seller's
consent: the realtor's contractual relationship is with the *seller*, not with
the buyer, and there is *nothing* you can do to alter that. The seller is
under no obligation to talk to you.

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Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.