"Matt" wrote in message
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Hello,

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You don't pay the agent anything. All commissions come from the seller.
Since you did not sign an agreement for the agent to represent you, I doubt
if the selling agent will give your agent anything. In any case, it's up to
the sellers agent to work things out with your agent. You don't pay anything
out of your pocket.

Now if your agent sent you listings on a regular basis, and one of those
listings was the property that you are buying, then your agent's broker is
entitled to 1/2 of the commission (or whatever the seller's contract
specified as the commission).

Agents love to sign you up for e-mail notification of new listings, since
this lets them claim that they provided you with the information on the
property.