Most brokerages will pay around 25% of their commission when you refer a buyer/seller.

For some buyers it would end up being less than a 2.5-3% commish, and for others more.The tricky part for the buyer is it would have to come out of their pocket in addition to the down payment, whereas a commission paid by the seller at closing is included in the purchase price and absorbed into their loan (usually unless paying cash obviously) so the buyer only has to make the down payment out of pocket.

The buyers did a long inspection, multiple days... made a huge request for concessions based on what we knew to be purely made-up issues.

On Real Estate Rookie Youtube we just released a new Rookie Reply episode that has a question pertaining to First Time Home buyer's.

Hello, after the lawsuit are buyers representation necessary and required?

What you are describing is a "dual agent" role, where the agent represents both buyer and seller.

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We need a buyer's representation agreement signed before we can show. 

No sure about that as buyers want to see the finished product and showing them before pictures will often not be well received.That's funny, my wife said the exact same thing about showing them the before pictures. 

Whenever I have used seller financing as a buyer I always put in the note that the note holder must give me the first right of refusal to purchase my note at the same discount they are selling it at.