A buyer's agent earns their commission, which is negotiable in Saskatchewan, through the parts of a purchase that are hard to do alone: reading comparable sales the way the Saskatchewan REALTORS® Association tracks them, spotting a home priced above what an unpermitted renovation actually supports, and negotiating condition clauses, with a home inspection running $400 to $600, before they become a lawyer's problem.
For a buyer relocating to Saskatoon or downsizing on a deadline, the agent's value shows up most in the homes that are not obviously good deals, the ones where an online estimate and the real, hand-reviewed number disagree because of work done without a permit.
That is the specific problem Joel works on for buyers and sellers alike. Get your hand-reviewed valuation from Joel Dyck.