[quote=sdrealtor]Exactly. Pay what you are comfortable with and let the chips fall. Its business not personal so dont make it personal. When you get racked over the coals with a pile of counter offers it tends to get very personal.[/quote]Funny you should say that, as I’m griping from a purely business-based perspective. Maybe you mean something else, but in my case, who am I even going to personalize things with? We’ve got the bank and two realtors. I suppose I could get pissed at my realtor, but the things I don’t like aren’t in his control either.

Again, I don’t know what the right alternative is, but it just seems like there should be a touch more transparency. I’ll try to think about that though and determine what, if anything, would have really helped me. It certainly doesn’t seem like the biggest transaction of most people’s lives should be a blind auction.