"Buyer Brokers" are individuals who put together the seller and the buyer.

Buying real estate outside of the United States is often completely different from what most US citizens are used to. There are different laws, custons and typically less buyer safeguards. Exclusive buyer agency is almost non -existent. True buyer agency is rare. Therefore, the best place to start is to assume the people you will be working with are "buyer brokers", or individuals who can put together a buyer and a seller. While many buyer brokers offer many other useful services, start with this assumption and move outward from that, and you are less likely to be surprised when things do not go as you may have experienced in a US transaction.

Feel free to review here a sample buyer broker employment agreement. You may wish to look this over as a way to begin thinking about your international buyer broker relationship and the kinds of questions you might want to ask him or her.