The buyer agents are useless in nearly all cases. The useful ones are called real estate attorneys, and only when it's the buyer's market. A standard buyer agen

The buyer agents are useless in nearly all cases. The useful ones are called real estate attorneys, and only when it's the buyer's market. A standard buyer agent is a kid who finished a 2 week course on how to fool the buyer. His or her core competencies include: subscribing your email to an automated mls search that spams you with irrelevant listings every week, actually reviewing the listings according to your criteria is beneath them because it's real work; on the showings the agent persuades you to write an offer for the listed price, and never bothers to look for possible defects that may ruin the deal, such as foundation cracks; the agent has a inspector buddy who can write a stellar inspection report, after having inspected its lawn only; the agents are gravely offended by the idea of reducing their commission to something more sensible; they show a great resolve at pushing you to sign an exclusive contract for a very long term, and insist on bearing no responsibility.