| If this is something that worries you so much, then should be willing to sign a Buyer Brokerage agreement with your Agent, stating you'll pay him a 3% commission or make up the difference if he is not compensated such on the listing. This way your agent will show you all the properties regardless of commission being offered and can even show you FSBO's in addition to the MLS listings. But then you probably wouldn't have a problem with seeing the 3% listings first right?
If the property meets all your needs and is in your price range, then what does it really matter to you how much your agent gets, if he finds you a house you really want? I offer Buyer Rebates to my customers and always disclose my commission on the sales contract regadless, so it doesn't matter to me, but I was just curious why this was such a big deal to you. The Sellers who offer the smaller commissions are usually the most over priced homes and least eager to sell anyways.
Thanks,
SELL2K |