as a realtor a huge part of what I do is negotiation as a buyer or seller I’m trying to negotiate the best value for you so on the sell side that’s gonna be the highest value and on the buy side that’s going to be the lowest value there’s a lot of talk right now about buyers having to pay their real estate agent cost is a huge concern among all the other fees that you may be paying one thing I want you to think of as a home buyer or a homeseller if you’re choosing your agent because they are charging you the lowest price available the lowest price around out of the box consider this if that agent isn’t willing to negotiate the best value for them what makes you think they’re going to be negotiating the best value for you