re: Using a Relator to buy a house?

If it is listed, use a realtor. The money used to pay your realtor will simply go into the listing agents pocket. And you will have nobody representing you.

In other words, it’s free, or already been paid for. It’s a broken system, but would be silly not to use one, unless you already know and trust the listing agent. But I think it is impossible to represent two different parties interests equally in a transaction