I don’t think it is mean spirited at all to make five
parallel offers, and it does not make the buyer an
a$$h*le. Nobody says the same about sellers that are
entertaining multiple offers with a deadline.
Why do we never hear about sellers being a$$h*les, and
agents being afraid of insulting the buyers? It is always
about the sellers and their delicate sensibilities.
It just goes to show that the whole real estate industry
panders to the buyers 99% of the time, and just pretends
to be helpful to sellers.
Industry humbug, but my opinion is not an attack on
sdrealtor. He is just saying that the method may not be
productive under the status quo. What we need to
do is to make multiple offers to buy
a common occurence and part of the status quo!!