Who is the best broker for buyers or sellers?

Making the right choice is not always easy whether in chess or real estate. (Flickr photo by metrognome0)

As soon as I saw the headline. . .

How to Choose an Agent as a Buyer and As a Seller

. . . I was all but certain that I’d quibble with at least some of what followed.

I was right.

Although the post at Curbed.com gives basically sound advice, especially for buyers, the thing that I most questioned was the following: