I should I suppose presage my posts with “now wait for the Realtors responses to come fighting back”. BG, it was not aimed at you, just a general note of caution, and since you claim not to be a Realtor, I’m sure you will agree that pressure from a broker is usually a pretty one sided affair and to be avoided. As for the rest of your essay, I will have to come back to you. Got to dash (from my $270/sq ft home in paradise with no property tax) to catch the next big surf. Yep, there’s a good reason indeed. Common sense mostly.