"Ahhh, but remember that the potential buyer showed up with her son,
who
was introduced as the potential buyer's agent.

$ 269,000.00 house, 7% standard Seattle area resdential comission is
$
18,830.00

Split bewtween seller's agent and buyer's agent puts $ 9,415.00 in
buyer's
son's pocket. "


Dream on. The $9K goes to the agency the son works for, unless he
happens to be a broker on his own, which is uncommon. The agency then
further divides up the money, with the son only getting a portion,
typically half at most. If most real estate agents got the whole
thing, there would be lots of rich real estate agents.