If I can negotiate a 2% rebate from the seller’s agent, look at a home inspection report, do my own comps, negotiate my own loan, and talk to an attorney for an hour, I don’t see the downside.
I also find it troubling that when asked to justify the value of a buyer’s agent, all I get in return is vague threats of “the risks are too great.” Seems like a scare tactic to me.
On the other hand, maybe captcha and I are wrong and there are dozens of examples of a buyer getting screwed because he went with the seller’s agent. If we are, I would think there would be lots of stories of how a buyer’s agent saved the buyer money (that they would have lost if they weren’t there. Sorry, I would have asked to have the furnace fixed.)
