Seller Education

Just Bring Me a Buyer. I'm Not Signing Anything.

Arizona sellers often say they’ll skip the agreement. A 16-year former buyer explains what one buyer costs you, and what signing with 14days does and doesn’t commit you to.

By Martin Boonzaaijer

September 22, 2026

4 min read

Plenty of Arizona sellers won’t sign anything until someone puts a buyer in front of them. It’s an understandable position, and it usually results in exactly one buyer. Here’s what the agreement actually commits you to, and what it doesn’t.

I don’t blame anyone for it. If you own a house in Arizona and your number is anywhere public, you’ve probably had a dozen people call, text, or mail you asking to “take a look.” Most of them want a signature before you really know what you’re agreeing to. So people get guarded. I would too.

What “bring me a buyer” actually gets you

“Bring me a buyer” means one buyer. Somebody who throws out a number, and if it’s close enough, you work it out from there. One buyer is usually where sellers lose the most money, even when it doesn’t feel that way at the time.

I know this from the other side

For 16 years I was the one making those offers, and being the only buyer at the table was the best spot I could be in. Nobody to outbid me, so no reason to stretch.

Our own sales show how big the gap can get. On our last four, the best offer came in an average of 25% above the lowest one.

If you’d only seen one of those offers, you’d have had no way of knowing which one you were holding.

So why the agreement?

Because of what it takes to get more than one buyer to show up at the same time. The short version is this. We send mail to the neighborhood and call owners nearby. I reach out to buyers I’ve worked with for years. We try to have all of it land inside the same two weeks. That’s a lot of work, and nobody does it on a handshake. Honestly, nobody should expect them to.

So “just bring me a buyer” tends to get exactly that. A buyer. Probably one phone call to somebody who was already looking. The seller avoided a signature, and what it cost him was every offer he never got to see.

Most sellers assume the agreement is there to protect the agent. I understand why. In our case, it’s what makes the work worth doing in the first place.

What you’re not agreeing to

The part people miss is what they aren’t agreeing to. You’re not agreeing to sell. You’re agreeing to let us put in fourteen days of work. When it’s over, you look at what came in and decide for yourself. Take one, push back on one, or pass on all of them. Not selling is a perfectly good outcome if the offers aren’t right.

What it costs

If you do accept an offer we bring you, our fee is 3%, and it comes out of your proceeds at closing. Nothing upfront, and if you don’t sell, you don’t owe us anything. If you already had an offer before signing, we write it down at the start. Take that same offer and there’s no fee.

We're the ones committing to the work. You still get to make the call.

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Frequently asked questions

Do I have to sell if I sign with 14days?

No. You can accept an offer, negotiate one, or turn them all down. If none of them are right for you, you don’t sell.

What does it cost?

3%, and only if you accept an offer we bring you. It’s paid from your proceeds at closing, with nothing upfront.

What if I already have an offer?

Tell us before you sign and we’ll record it. If you end up taking that original offer, you don’t owe us a fee.

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