Realtors - People's thoughts?

[Erik Sell]

Does everyone here use a realtor when purchasing investment properties? For the people that do not, what are your reasons? We will have an LLC (3-4 partners) planning to purchase our first property hopefully this spring and I'm just wondering what people's thoughts are. Thanks in advance.

[Jean Bolger]

Unless you are an experienced investor and are using the fact that you won't be asking for a buyer's agent commission as a negotiating tool then there's absolutely no advantage that I see to going it alone. The commission almost always come from the seller's side of the deal, so it's no money out of your pocket, and a buyer's agent will have a contractual duty to protect your interests. Admittedly, some do that better than others!