Sigh, another potential buyer getting massively frustrated because he’s always a day late to the party.

Why is he a day late to the party? Because he is looking at the MLS for his leads. Even worse, his agent is looking at the MLS for his leads.

The conclusion, conspiratory collusion on the agents and sellers. The likely reality, he’s got an incompetent agent that doesn’t really get the short sale process or the buyer himself is a more fickle and indecisive than he indicates.

The agent has to make sure the other agent knows that you’re the guy to close the deal. You as a buyer need to know exactly what you want in a house, your agent needs to understand that, and you need to make up your mind in about 30 minutes upon seeing it.