My partner and I tried to view an apartment on Mon...

My partner and I tried to view an apartment on Montgomery St. The broker tried to force us to sign a document saying he was acting on our behalf. But my partner found the listing and emailed with ABBA repeatedly to set up a viewing. The idea that he was our broker in any meaningful sense is ridiculous. I am assuming this comes from the new brokers fee guidelines that came out this week. I understand that brokers perform a valuable service but this seemed like a shady way of going about it. My partner was willing to eventually pay some kind of brokers fee but he wouldn't even let us see the apartment first to gauge our interest. Poor form, ABBA. We felt more like angry clowns than dancing queens