Yet another newbie seeking guidance!

[jbaldwin]

jbalwin.

Your remark about Realtors duty to make the offer no matter what. Why is it I can not find a Realtor to do this practice. I have filled out what I considered to be real earnest offers on paper, only to have the Realtor reply verbally that the offer was too low with no counter offer. One offer was only five weeks ago in Houston on property listed at 206K I went in with an offer of 185K. Another one was in Hawaii (months ago) list was 525K offered 495K and again the only reply was a phone message stating that the bid was too low...no counter??
I have yet to find a Realtor that I have confidence in. They seem to know a game that I am not aware of. I can't wait to find an honest agent out there that I can work with.

dm.

What I'm able to draw from your comments is that your Realtor is presenting the offer to the seller's agent and the seller's agent is saying "Too low, no counter".  I mean an offer of 185 on a 206 sticker isn't bad at all.  And 495 on 525 I would argues isn't low enough.  I just offered 495 on 580.  Truthfully, I think your Realtor is doing his job.  Now there are different ways of presenting the offer you certainly don't want your Realtor/representative calling and saying, "I've got an offer here, it's low and I know you won't accept it but....".  If you're not getting good vibes from your current agent, switch.  You have no loyalty to him because you haven't done business together, so I would move on.  Good luck.