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The rental agreement for an apartment I would like to rent in Vienna, Austria mentions that the agent acting for the landlord is a "double broker":
Weiters ist festzuhalten, dass das Maklerunternehmen aufgrund des bestehenden Geschäftsgebrauches als Doppelmakler tätig ist.
What is a double broker and what are the implications for the prospective tenant?
TL/DR: It's normal.
A "normal" non-doppel Makler, when tasked with finding people to buy/rent a realty, is basically a salesperson with the goal to make the landlord happy (and not you).
A Doppelmakler, on the other hand, wants to be a neutral middleman who tries to find the best fit for both sides, and who will tell you all disadvantages of a certain property too, and/or recommend properties of other landlords.
Most Austrian Maklers in the realty business work as Doppelmakler.
Just for completeness: The word Makler alone doesn't necessarily imply realties for private persons. In other business areas, being a Doppelmakler isn't common, and of course not desired by the contractors.
