Buyer's Agents

[Michelle Kocurek]

We just closed on a commercial property a couple of months ago and about a week before closing, my agent sent me one of the forms he said he forgot to attach when we submitted an offer( a month earlier). The form was that we agreed to pay a $325 service fee to our agent. When I asked what is was for, he said that it pays for the office help to handle all the paperwork so the agent can focus on buyers and being in the field. We were so close to closing I had no choice to sign and pay, but is this normal?