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Message: <blockquote data-quote="melvimbe" data-source="post: 1775339" data-attributes="member: 35314">I've never heard of a buyer being able to negotiate a better price because they didn't have a realtor.  Not saying it never happens, but never heard of it being done before.  If you're the seller, sure you can save yourself some money, but even that seems a little suspect as realtors have lowered their % take in order to win the business.My guess would be that if you want to do a deal where neither buyer or seller has an agent, that would go smoothly.It's my understanding that in the current market at least, the seller is likely to have competing offers, possibly even getting more than asking price.  For cases like that, I don't think sellers going to be paying closing costs.Easy to use, but only agents have access to the lockbox to get the key to show your house when you're not home.  That is a significant change though, as it used to be that a realtor is the only way you could really find out what properties were available.  Not at all anymore, and I would probably ask a realtor not wasting time trying to pick homes for me instead of just letting me tell him/her what I wanted to see.I've had mixed results with realtors.  Some don't do anything besides grant you access to homes you want to see, while others are useful in finding the right home and giving advice through the whole process.  I once had a realtor had me a form to sign....which was waiving the right to inspection.  Good thing I read before signing.If a realtor is listing a hot property that will surely sell quickly, they will let their friends now about it before listing to get the inside track.If you can get a better deal as a buyer as you've claimed, and get access to all the homes you want to see, sure.    Like I said, never seen that before.</blockquote>

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