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How to pay a broker or realtor.
This guy my girlfriend knows is going threw a divorce and wants to sell his house. He just wants out of it quick and easy. It's needs some work so I'm interested in buying it, renovating it, living in it for a few years and then maybe selling it. Since this will be my first deal and first house I've ever even bought I started talking to this lady we knew that is a broker for some guidance.
My question is, since I found the houses down everything, do I still pay the same 6% realtor fees just to have her represent us and do the paperwork?
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