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Old 07-12-2008, 08:25 PM   #3
Winsor_Pilates
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I would stay away from double dippers and get your own realtor. It won't directly cost you anything anyway.

The risk of using the same realtor is that they may not give you all of the facts about the property, because they want to make the deal. If there's bad features of the property that aren't obvious, they may not bring them to light as much as your own realtor would.
Realtors have ethical conducts they should follow, but I can guarantee you from working in the industry, they do not all do this. also, to a certain extent it is impossible to completely represent the best interests of both parties when representing both seller and buyer.

The benefit, is that the listing realtor is getting all of the commission instead of splitting with a selling realtor. Since they are getting more commission, they sometimes will negotiate some of that commission as a discount on the purchase price.

I guess it depends how sure you are about the property. IMO, using the same realtor defeats the point of having a realtor, which is to get a qualified professional on your side to represent your interests 100%.
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