This article - having lived in the west village for ten years and only googling to explain the broker fee to a parent who still doesn't understand it, and with a boyfriend who once had his license on the side after grad school - is the most idiotic thing I've ever read.

No, if you're using an agent as a renter, they aren't likely to have many remotely decent options as their exclusives as a listing agent - unless you have zero requirements on specific location or virtually anything else.

The majority of this is so beyond asinine it's comical.