Nice article from the SE blog on dual agency

I could write a book about all the buyers that come to us after presenting an offer to a listing agent directly. Then realizing there is no financial advantage, no special treatment "because the greedy agent gets the whole commission" (:. And usually a more complicated, aggravating deal as they realize what they want to achieve is quite contrary to what the listing agent wants to achieve. Essentially you are beating down the listing agent on price, condition issues etc, Forgetting s/he probably had a lot to do with establishing a value! http://streeteasy.com/blog/dual-agency/ Keith Burkhardt The Burkhardt Group