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Every broker is rated separately by the buyers who dealt with them and the sellers who hired them. The gap between those two numbers tells you what the CIM won't.

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Bought — or walked away? Rate the broker

Buyer reviews are the rarest and most useful kind. If a broker's listing was accurate and the process was clean, say so. If it wasn't, the next buyer needs to know.

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