Direct dealing with Seller Agent !!!

[Lan Nguyen]

I am a newbie to real estate investing, and I would like to ask what are your thoughts regarding making a direct deal with Seller Agent.

As I know there is usually a 6% commission, which usually split between Seller Agent(SA) and Buyer Agent (BA), however if there are 5 offers that are approximately same, but 1 is dealing direct, logically the SA would want to deal direct because he would take all 6% .

So is this legal to have the SA represent both seller and investor, what would be the pro and cons of using the BA in this scenario, and what is recommended?