Matt,
If you want specifics I would be happy to share them with you. We can set up some time and you can pay for it on an hourly basis. I’ll tell you everything you want to hear. I’ll pull up hundreds of closed sales where the buyer was represented by the sellers agent and got royally screwed as a result. Until them you get what you get. I am not here to scare you, I am here to share valuable insight gleaned from years of experience. It is funny to hear agents ridiculed as idiots and crooks but then you want to put your hands into one who is looking out for someone else. Thats fine with me and I really dont care what you decide.
Like I said Matt, I think you should go for it. (BTW thats encouragement not a scare tactic.)