From: Jerry Fisher 
Newsgroups: alt.invest.real-estate
Subject: Re: How to deal with a real estate agent?
Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 05:03:23 GMT

Having been an agent for 30+ years I am heartened by this posting
below which confirms and old addage that"there are  the only 2 groups
more devious  than brokers and salesmen and they are  BUYERS &
SELLERS.

On Mon, 03 Nov 2003 06:10:08 GMT, Mjj12@noname.com (Mjj12) wrote:

>
>I will be looking to buy a house in Florida. I want to use a
>real-estate agent without any obligations. Finding the properties is
>not such
>a big deal because I can find them myself on realtor.com
>If one agent shows me a property then it does not mean that
>he actually found it for me. He only showed it to me. If I do not
>want to deal with this agent for any reason later then I want to make
>sure I do not owe him any commission even if I buy a property
>he showed it me but I close with another agent.
>I know the agents live off commissions but at the same
>time I want to have the option to deal with another agent
>at any time for any reason. Calling the listing agent for 
>each separate  property, i.e. not using any buyer's agent at all,
>is only the last resort. Since the MLS listing provides a 
>commission for the buyer's agent, I do not want to pay
>for it as a buyer without getting any services for it.
>I need an agent to answer my many questions during
>my search and I expect this agent to be knowledgable
>and responsive. If a buyer's agent wants his typical 3%
>commission then he has to earn it.
>