How buyers can avoid paying your buyer's agent. Buyers should remember and understand these three terms, Commissions, Compensation, and Concessions. Let's start with the term Commissions the important thing to know about commission is they are "fully negotiable between the buyerl and the agent. Whatever amount of commission is agreed upon has to be memorilazed in writing. A Buyer should understand what type of commission is availble to agents. The commission could ba a flat fee. It could be in the form of seller concession, or it could be a portion of the listing broker's commission.