DIRECT vs AGENT
What are the pros and cons of each?

Which do you prefer?
[{"id": "ff9nkqk", "text": "I may be biased as i am a broker but here is my thoughts\n\nGoing direct\n\nPros: control of negotiations, likely will get a better price, wont get a potentially filtered OM\n\n&amp;#x200B;\n\nCons: will suck up all of your time, no one to fight for you. this could be even worse if seller has his own broker since essentialy he is now dual agent and doesnt care about your needs but rather the deal getting done. and most importantly you will surely miss out on a ton of opportunities that you will ONLY get from brokers.\n\n&amp;#x200B;\n\nin the long run it is better to deal with brokers. even if the deal costs an extra 3% at least you are represented and likely the broker can negotiate better than you can which will save you alot of time to go about managing existing units and acquiring more.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "ffc655p", "text": "Depends on which side of the transaction you are on and how experienced you are in the market the property is in.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}]