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Old bump, but there is some interesting and relevant information in here for me. I am looking at making an offer on a house that is FSBO (Property Guys). The offer will be contingent on me selling my home, but I likely will getting a realtor to assist in my sale for a few reasons (emotional attachment to the house, filtering out non-serious buyers, better advertisement, etc.). Now I'm wondering if there is any benefit in getting the realtor I plan on hiring to sell my house involved in my purchase? I'm thinking not. It might annoy the sellers who trying to avoid paying commission and I just don't see what benefit a realtor can add at this point. We've pretty much already agreed on all the terms and the seller is really good to deal with.

Oh, I was also going to mention I considered the rental aspect too as my existing house is in prime rental location, but I just don't want the hassle of being a landlord.