answer:My limited understanding is that the seller pays the real estate commission, and if there’s a “buyer’s broker” involved, then the selling agent and buyer’s agent split the commission. If your agent is planning to take another $6000 of your sales price, on top of the seller’s commission, to use as payment for the buyer’s broker, then you’re being shafted. Otherwise, if he’s just increasing the asking price for your house—and can perform the sale—well, you’ll share in the increase, so that’s not a bad thing at all.