Open listing

A nonexclusive authorization given to a licensee and which may be given to a number of licensees by a property owner, who retains the right to sell directly, to try to secure a purchaser without any liability to compensate anyone but the one who is the first to produce a ready, willing and able buyer who meets the terms of the listing or the one who gets the seller to accept an offer. Upon the sale of the property, the owner is under no obligation to notify anyone of the fact of the sale.