OK two Redfin experiences in last 24 hours with the same redfin agent. I’ll call them RA -redfin agent. RA is one of the top listing agents in SD if not the top one.

Approx 20 offers on listing and RA sent out multiple counter offer to everyone with deadline of noon today. My client responded with an offer well beyond what it could appraise for waiving loan and appraisal contingencies. We sent the offer over late last night. Woke up this morning and it was marked pending well before the noon deadline. When I asked RA said another offer was accepted last night. Through RA’s response it seemed pretty apparent ours was a better offer but RA was in rush to get this off their plate. When I questined RA their response was “Sellers choose before deadlines all the time”. Having done this for close to 20 years across hundreds of transactions mine never have and this seller likely left thousands on the table.

On another listing another client submitted an offer on a property in need of a lot of work due to decades of deferred maintenance. My client has remodelled many homes and we took a good long look at it before writing the offer. It was previously listed with another agent a couple months ago. Our offer was well above (more than 5%) that price but 5% below asking. Our offer was as-is with a 14 day close. The buyer not only waived the right to do an inspection but sent a signed contingency release for the physical inspection with the offer. We got back a counter at asking price with a 10 day inspection contingency (we already gave up more than that in the offer) and a 17 day loan contingency (we would be closing in 14 days). Its pretty obvious that RA didnt even bother to read the offer closely.

Thats what you get with one of if not their top agent