If you have not been working with a buyer's agent, there won't be a buyer's agent fee.

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If no buyer's agent is involved, the listing brokerage and agent get to keep the entire fee.

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U.S. securities law and regulations restricts registered investment advisors (an agent) as to whom they may charge a performance-based fee.

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To solve this problem, many sellers' agents offer to cut their own fee while still offering the full price to the buyer's agent.

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An agent would be given permission to speak to other clubs and given a specific fee the sellers have in mind for the player.

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According to a survey by the Cerulli Associates consulting firm, at least half of U.S. households do not use a financial advisor, broadly defined as a stockbroker, a fee-only planner, a bank trust officer or an insurance agent.

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