DR. B
LOL, I was not incredulous and said you may have done very well. I just dont have the data to know that to be true and dont think you do either. We dont have special insight we just subscribe to databases you dont have access to. Thats all it is. Pay a few grand a year and you can see them also.

nj
I did not refuse to deal with any buyers and would deal with anyone who wants to buy any of my lisitngs. I encouraged them to find someone to represent them and I would gladly deal with any of them. There were not turned away from buying the property, just turned away from the opportunity to waste my time trying to bend me over a barrel and take me from behind. There is nothing wrong with asking them to find an agent to show them the property. If they have a sincere interest in the property they should have no problem doing that.

The proceeds delivered to a seller are unchanged whether the buyer is represented by an agent who gets paid a commission or by a principal who gets that commission for themselves. On the other hand a buyer represented by a good agent is more likely to have gone through some vetting process which is beneficial to my client.