There are a fair amount of them, yes, but this guy has been working in this area for 20+ years so he is very familiar with how it works. A seriously great guy, I'd hang out with him outside of this home-buying stuff, and I normally don't like people.That's good. A lot of realtors will ignore you the second they figure out you're VA. It's technically illegal to turn down a client on that basis but it's commonplace.
There are tons of restrictions, as you know. Especially for buyer's agents. I've seen some bad deals where the agent gets a 0% commission. Yikes!