Buyer Paid Commission - first time seeing this

[Rene D.]

Hi All,

Wondering if anyone else has seen this. It's an off-market listing with a buyer paid commission of 3%. I'm guessing you can't negotiate that.

Has anyone else come across this?

Thanks.

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Quote from @Chris John:

I'd argue that the buyer always pays the commission. 

Yep. Agreed. The seller is simply increasing the sales price to cover the cost of hiring a real estate agent. 

You, as the buyer, are also paying the bread man's diesel fuel costs for delivery to the store. It's baked into the price of the bread.