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The ideal world is that mostly every person is honest and reliable, but the cruel truth is that this is not the case. For some people like me----- easy to trust people, rely on so-called professionals, always got struck by some unhappy experience. Mary, if you really trust your realtor and rely her/his honest expertise very much, you can follow your realtors. Otherwise, be careful of them! Judge by your own sense instead of trusting them. Buying a house is such a big investment that you have to find a reliable, honest and nice "no pressure" agent, which is difficult. Working with seller's agent is more risky.
You may find an inspector by recommendation of friends instead of agents unless you know him/her honesty level well. - Wed May 14 2008, 21:27

Yes, you can do that, but there are limited benefits to do so since some listing agents want to be your dual agents and therefore he/she gets dual commission while you loss the advantage to negotiate better price assuming you were saving the buyer's commission fee. I bought my first house without buyer' agent then it turned out that the seller's agent worked as a dual agent and got double commissions. Be careful not to let the buyer's agent or seller's agent appear during the inspection, because they may know each other or they have deal with each other. Never use inspectors the agents recommend. I was naive at that time. The house I bought had a bid defect (floor sinks), which the inspector "missed".

If you need find a buyer's agent, find a good one. Some bad buyer's agents work "together" with seller's agent and sacrifice your benefit to achieve the deal. Be very careful! - Wed May 14 2008, 11:08

You are funny!

I am looking for my own properties and make my own efforts. I deserve any money I can save with my own efforts. How about you? Judge people like that so easily? Nobody would like to do business with you and let you earn easy money. If you want to make money in real estates, you have a plenty of opportunities. What you need is to find your own business.

Definitely my issue is not your business at all! It is a blessing that I don't have to do any business with you. - Wed May 14 2008, 10:46

Thank you very much for the answer. I got my license today and ready to start. Can you pleas e tell me what the minimum fee is if I buy my own primary residence? - Wed Apr 30 2008, 12:39

What a nice website to ask questions!! Thank you all so much for the quick and valuable reply! - Wed Apr 23 2008, 10:15