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Should I Use a Real Estate Buyer’s Agent?
In California, Sellers pay for the Buyer agent fee, so buyers can choose the absolute best agent to negotiate against the Seller and the Seller pays their fee. In other states, buyers pay the buyer agent fee, but it is often still "worth it".
The majority of lawsuits in California occur with unrepresented parties who thought they were "saving money" but instead bought themselves expensive and stressful trouble. 
I could completely understand that everyone wants a “good” deal when buying anything at all. I do! I do! I certainly do understand! I’m so frugal with money that it would hurt me thinking I spent a penny more than I should.
I had a wonderful client who just started his process of “considering” a move closer to work. Nothing too serious. Therefore, he didn’t call me first. Then, he visited an Open House of a house that peeked his interest. At the Open House, he was greeted by the Listing Agent (LA). The LA mentioned to my client, “Without an agent (representing you), the Seller can sell the house $10,000 cheaper”. 

He called me after the Open House. 
My honest answer is that I couldn’t give him a non-biased answer because so ... more

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