Prior to making an offer, get the seller's agent to agree in writing to a set commission of around 3%. Do not let the agent act as a "dual agent". Otherwise the agent is free to collect both the sellers and the buyers agent commissions which is around 6%!! And you can hire a lawyer for less than $1000 to review the contracts and attend the closing. Keep in mind agents are not lawyers although they like to pretend to be when it comes to modifying contracts!!
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