she is highly knowledgeable about interior design, architecture, and real estate businesses. your real estate agent invests time and effort to market your home to find the best buyer possible. but what happens if the listing agreement with your agent expires, and you receive an offer from a buyer after your agent is out of the picture? most contracts are an “exclusive right to sell listing agreement” that gives the real estate agent the sole rights to market the property, list the property on mls, and receive the commission if the sale closes in a determined time frame. in many cases, you may include an “exclusion list” in your listing agreement with the names of prospective buyers you’ve connected with before bringing on the agent.