Been looking for a rental house in Orange County California. It has become very competitive in the last couple weeks because of displaced families from the fire. Found a house on Zillow for almost $5,000 a month and contacted the agent directly. I did not have an agent representing me. She verified all of my info through Rentspree. I decided to bid above asking and offer last month's rent upfront to secure the property. I was prepared to pay $15,000 for prorated rent, last month's rent, security deposit, and pet deposit. She finally gets around to sending the contract for signing and sends me a text saying to send a check to her realty for nearly $3,000. She didn't tell me what the commission was going to be or that I would be responsible for paying 5% until now. I also didn't sign anything saying that she would represent me or being informed about dual agency. I feel like if I say anything, I'm going to lose renting this house to someone that may just pay the total commission. What would you do?
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