Courtney Foster

Absolutely not! You're a qualified buyer, and he's a fool if he will not work hard to build a solid relationship with you (partly through spending time together in the car between houses). Times are tough right now (not in TX, but in other places), so agents that are somewhat on the fringe, meaning they don't have tons of consistent business, could be trying to limit the cash that they have to outlay to make a sale. To me, that seems very myopic. He could easily pay for a couple tanks of gas if he sold you a house!

As for your concerns about a conflict of interest with your price of home and the agent's compensation, I really wouldn't put too much stock into your feelings about that. For me, my primary objective is to help my buying clients find a great house that they love. I have talked clients out of buying a more expensive house b/c I knew it wouldn't meet their long-term needs. I think that if my families are happy, and I've done something to guide them toward their perfect home, they'll call me when it's time to move up, or their friends are moving.

Good luck to you! - Mon Aug 4 2008, 07:33