Do buyers have to pay their own agent's commission now?

Buyers now sign a written agreement spelling out how their agent gets paid before touring homes, rather than assuming that cost rides along automatically inside the seller's price. A seller can still agree to cover some or all of that negotiated amount as part of the offer, so a buyer isn't necessarily paying it directly out of pocket. Brian Beatty walks every buyer through those terms up front so there are no surprises later.