Quest

Off the head I am aware of at least a handful of realestate agents active in Rmd area where they would do that.

It's part of the wheeling-n-dealing profile.

Me? It just doesn't matter for I already bought a house and my agent has been treating me fairly.

Q.

BTW: those "so-called" aggressive real-estate agents are playing cut-throat competitions because it's in their mentality (wonder where they came from?!) but according to the insiders in Realestate biz: these latecomers are destroying/not abiding by the proper standard practice in the industry...cutting corners whenever possible, back-peddling and under-the-table dealings all the time so as to complete a sale, etc. They are essentially the ones that's been giving the industry here in VAncouver a really bad name....Oh well, one by one, they will be kicked out of the realestate agency they represent and they will have to do their biz practice all on their own...

Quest

LOL!

"....most likely we ask the seller's realtor to represent us at the same time, that yields higher chance to get it....cuz obviously the realtor can possibly get the whole commission....."

Not sure how you come about with such idea on this but looks like the dice is "biased" now....

Q.

also: to Jennypun:

Bypassing an agent and approach the listing agent directly will bring a lot of issues down the road: i.e. if there's something wrong with the house, or the seller is not being upfront and honest about things about the house/property, the seller (listing) agent can take advantage of you by not disclosing vital information to you.

afterall: a listing agent who list a seller's house is, naturally, in favour of the seller and not on the buyer's side. Anything to help wrapping up a sale will be on the seller's advantage and not on the buyer's favour (so anything bad can happen to the buyer).

Heck! the listing agent may even hire a house inspector that would not fully disclose the condition of the house (e.g. grow-ops, or most recently on CTV news: a house that has caught on fire before and the floorboards, the joists, etc. were all charred but was fully "covered" up with new drywalls, etc. and the new buyer found that out afterwards but no ways to pursue the seller for lack of disclosure.

remember this: a good (buyer's) agent is supposedly do all the research/homework for you for the commission(from seller), and a good agent can find out way more information (they have access to database and sources that ordinary folks simply don't have and call tell you a lot of things that you can't do...or takes a whole lot of time and effort in order to find out..