I'm not in the Real Estate business but am working with REALTORS® and builders on a daily basis at Lowes. I can't tell you how often I ask people if they used a REALTOR® to find a home, i.e. a Buyer's Agent. If they say no, I ask if they realized that most of the time they'll split the commissions with the Listing/Selling Agent. Almost 100% of the time people don't realize this!

I remember going to Open Houses and not being able to get out the door without some very persistent REALTORS® insisting on getting my name. I found out why later. They don't have open houses to sell that house to those people, it's to find those people that are buying and to represent them.

LET'S EDUCATE THE PUBLIC AND EVERYBODY WINS!