[quote=sdrealtor]I didnt say an agents job starts when the offer is received, I said a “GOOD” agents job start then. Any tool in the shed can list a property and get an offer (just keep lowering the price), a good agent will help guide you through wether it is a good offer, whether it is a viable buyer, will keep that buyer in line, will keep the transaction moving forward, knows when to push and when to give in and can solve problems. A failed escrow can cost you alot of money in this market as the best offers tend to come first and we are in a downward trejectory. A good agent will get rid of a buyer that will not perform sooner than later.

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Agreed wholeheartedly. The agent’s true value comes out in the negotiation process. Up to that point it is generic stuff that any agent worth anything will know how to handle.