Definitely seems that the buyers agent offered to also act as the seller&#x27;s agent and probably threw in a &quot;we can reduce our commissions if we are on both sides of the deal&quot; type of offer.<p>I had my own experience buying my first home, the new construction condo agent told me that I didn&#x27;t have to have a buyer&#x27;s agent and could just deal with them but the more I did my research the more I realized that my agent would be legally required to represent my best interests and could do a better job advising me on a process that might seem intimidating to a first time buyer.<p>I can understand why some of these sellers said &quot;YES!&quot; when someone knocks on their door and offers them cash that&#x27;s equivalent to a lifetime&#x27;s worth of savings but there is some fault to be assigned to seller&#x27;s who don&#x27;t do their due diligence. If someone says they&#x27;ll pay cash right away to you, you have to think that perhaps you should see if there are other buyers in the market.