Offering an incentive is legal in this case, as long as it is disclosed to all parties involved..the money MUST go through the brokers, it is illegal for an agent to take ANY money or incentive from anyone other than their broker. It is not considered a kick-back because everyone knows about it and are in complete agreement...including the buyer. As I stated in the other post, I have a hard time justifying it to myself, if I were the buyer I would not be comfortable with an agent that is looking out for him/herself.
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