What would be interesting is the double ended deals numbers for very few days on market vs. a month or more. I don’t think stuff with market time is frustrating buyers much. I don’t really know how it would turn out. The topic seems to have started to preclude short sales and I think they are just as important as a separate category. Also what percentaged of in house deal were highly qualified buyers vs. zero down,lots of contingencies? I think we are recommending this with a caveat that the buyer have their ducks in a row.

It seems to me the idea is that you want to get your foot in the door on properties that are going fast, fully aware you are not going to steal or get burned with any kind of agent.I don’t look at it as finding a crooked listing agent,just trying to bump your place in line up a bit.If it were me I’d take the listing agent to lunch and pay for it too.Keep him busy. You can always work with another agent on properties with market time.