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[quote=Anonymous]OP,  you can absolutely use a buyer's agent for just the one house, or one day, one week, whatever.  A good buyer's agent, like the one we have, will not make an issue of signing forms right away, in other words, they are prepared to give you a "sample" of their services before you "buy.".  Good ones will not pester you. We love ours, and he did not ask us to sign an agreement until just before we put in an offer (which btw has been accepted, hurrah!).

As for your other question about seller/buyer agents from the same firm, you may find that around here it is hard to avoid.  One large firm has a lot of the market sewn up.  Pros and cons--nice coz they all know each other, makes things go smoothly. Lots of associated services (like mtg broker, homeowners insurance' settlement firm), but you are free to use others. You do wonder a bit whether there is not some collusion going on, but our experience has been very good--we have felt very well represented.

One other thing--if one or both of you is not a US citizen, it may be tricky to get a mortgage (if you need one).  One of us is not, and we ended up having the mortgage just in one name.

Good luck and welcome!!

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