From: Andrew White 
Newsgroups: misc.invest.real-estate misc.consumers misc.consumers.house
Subject: Re: Seeking help on terms with real estate agent
Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2004 09:25:05 -0500

"bat"  wrote:

>I'm also surprised that you make that arrangement at all. In Illinois the
>buyer usually does not pay the agent anything, it's the seller who does
>(through his agent, sho shares the commission).

You misunderstand him. He feels he's entitled to getting the buyer's
agent's comission himself. When I find a property and do ALL of the
buying work myself, I can ask one of my friends who has a real estate
license to "serve" as my agent. All they do in this case is collect
the agent's comission and pass it entirely on to me. I then take them
to a very nice dinner.