Using other real estate agents?

[Andrew Briones]

So my wife is a new agent with only 2 closing in the last few months. We are about to set off tomorrow and look at a few properties in a small town about an 1 hour away. I am fairly familiar with the coal mining town but not so much with the rental side of it. I have talked with an agent down there that really seems to know his stuff. He is a real estate broker, property manager for the past 20 years. My question is, should I just go with him and let him be the buyer/seller agent for us? It just seems like it makes more sense for him to show us around with his knowledge and history. FYI theses properties are in the $50k to $110k range and I don't have a problem paying his commission now for information rather than get burned in the end. Thanks for any help.