Strange. I found my real estate agent invaluable. He has helped me buy 2 properties. I wouldn't have found either property without him. In helped me win a bidding war I wouldn't have had any hope of navigating properly. He was able to tell me about entire neighbourhoods, buying trends, zoning outlook, common issues with older homes, etc...
This may be a bit of a different scenario in Vancouver, where you have periods of intense bidding wars and there is a huge amount of garbage on the market.
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