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To give you a better understanding of why this is important, I'd like to tell you a little story. It's called: 

  One day John and Sally LaSale decided to sell their home. When they bought the house a few years ago from the listing agent, their best interests weren't represented and they paid too much.   Now that they are selling they are quite excited because they feel it's their turn to get the highest price.

  
   They see an ad in the local paper for Moe Munee.  Moe's ad states he sold more homes than anyone in the area last year. John turns to Sally and says, "Gee Sally this guy really seems to know his stuff, he should be a big help in negotiating the highest price for the sale of our home. Let's give him a call."  Sally agrees,  picks up the phone and schedules an appointment for that evening. Moe shows up in his fancy car and shiny shoes and says,  "My job is to help you sell your home at the highest price possible".   Moe continues on about how he will promote the home and tells John and Sally he may already have a buyer that  would be interested in their home. Moe says he would like to set up some appointments,  " if you could sign this dual agency agreement I will bring them over tomorrow".  John and Sally cheerfully agree. 

  Across town at that very moment a young couple, Peter and Joan  DeBier are  reading a real estate magazine and thinking about buying their first home. They see an ad for a buyer agent, his name is... you guessed it,  Moe Munee. The ad states that as a buyer agent Moe can help the buyers every step of the way. Peter turns to Joan and says, "Gee Joan this guy really seems to know his stuff he should be a big help in negotiating the lowest price for the purchase of our home".   Joan  agrees, picks up the phone and makes an appointment for that evening. Moe shows up in his fancy car and shiny shoes and says, "My job is to help you buy your home at the lowest price possible".   Moe continues on about how he will assist them every step of the way and tells Peter and Joan the home he listed last night would be perfect for them.  Moe says he would like to set up an  appointment," if you could sign this dual agency agreement I will bring you over tomorrow“. Peter and Joan  cheerfully agree. 

  So Moe Munee takes Peter and Joan DeBier over to see John and Sally LaSale's house, they like it and ask Moe to help them negotiate the purchase.  Moe says, "I'm sorry even though you still have to pay my full commission  the dual agency disclosure states I can't fully represent your interests on this purchase“.  Peter and Joan are more than a little annoyed but they like the house and come up with an offer for Moe to present. 

  Now Moe takes the offer over to John and Sally and presents it. John and Sally are happy to have an offer and ask Moe to help them negotiate the sale. Moe says, "I'm sorry even though you still have to pay my full commission  the dual agency disclosure states I can't fully represent your interests on this sale“. 

What just happened? 
John and Sally LaSale had to proceed with the largest transaction of their life without full representation. 
Bad for John and Sally LaSale. 
Peter and Joan DeBier had to proceed with  the largest transaction of their life without full representation 
Bad  for Peter and Joan Debier. 
Moe got paid twice without having to fully represent either party! 
Really, really good for Moe! 
Both parties called a very talented general practitioner, for the largest transaction of their life.  If you needed life or death surgery you wouldn't call a general practitioner, no matter how good his reputation, you would call the expert. Now that every realtor can call themselves a buyer agent, finding an agent that represents your interests all the time, every time is more confusing than ever.  Only an agent that works for an Exclusive Buyer Brokerage can do that. 

Moral of the story: 
Call . We only represent one side ... the buyer side.