If you don't have a buyers agent the listing agent can act as intermediary , assign you an agent from his brokerage and then collect full commision.

There are some brokerages that will do it for a minimal fee.Jon

The law allows any plan the option to have a loan provision but the documents that a lot of different banks and brokerages provide do not let you have them.

I own a commercial mortgage brokerage firm.

Some will require ALL properties you buy or sell to go through the brokerage (my last one was like that).

My friend who owns his own brokerage said as of about a month ago or so, the FHA stopped allowing sellers to credit the buyer the 3% down to cover the FHA required 3% down payment.

The broker agent can not legally tell you what the other offer price is.

I'm involved in all facets of real estate, from residential, land and commercial brokerage, to real estate land development, new home construction, the occasional renovation and enjoy real estate investing of all sorts, primarily buy and hold large land tracts.

It sounds like most of you only use the online listing sites / brokerages for info/comps, but not to actually list your own properties for sale.

We are currently the largest Retail REO Brokerage in San Diego County with over 660 residential REO Listings.