As a buyer, with knowing that a seller is refusing to allow any my agent entry into their home, I'd be wondering what that seller is intending to hide.... In my opinion it would me much easier to enter into a bad deal without finding a reputable buyers agent to help me navigate this MAJOR purchase.
As a seller, knowing that buyers will have an easier time in finding your "for sale" home with an agent, I'd not want to discount that possibility either.
I am not in the business of sellign/buying homes and do not have the time or inclination to navigate the legal/title aspects of that major purchase that a house represents; so I would not do this process any other way. The professionals can handle it; that's what they are paid for. I do not absolve myself of all responsibility... just the parts that I do not fully trust myself to do properly with the laws and disclosures that need to take place.
I would expect the agent to deal directly with the other agent; and me or DH to make the decisions with regard to offers -- and this is BOTH as either a buyer or a seller. I am willing to pay that price when I sell my current home, and yes of the buyer's agent as well (knowing that my home might not have even sold without his/her/their efforts).
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