This is great question in todays market.

Like Reba you get sick and tired of seeing what is happening, especially when kids are involved. There should be a law that the lender that gave the 4th mortgage for the snowmobiles has to pay to house the children!

But to the question. ChangingStreets.com statistically does the best job (of all companies )of saving their buyers money. The interesting part is they also do a very good job of protecting their sellers interest.

John is correct, he is looking out for his family.

I personally do all I can to get a strategic advantage when negotiating, my clients demand the best representation, what can I find out about the seller, what do they owe, do they own another home, why are they selling, what is their motivation...likewise when I represent the seller, why does the buyer want this home, what else are they considering.

But more than anything else I size up the other agent, how hungry are they? How hard will they work to get MY client what they want.

I actually saw a foreclosed person leaving their home for the second to last time in a brand new truck, pulling a new bass boat, and was coming back for the four wheelers in the garage.

Truly interesting times.

Good points on both sides.

Some sellers make really bad decisions by listing with the person/company they do, I hate to say it but it is true. Example....ChangingStreets.com has sold 180 homes this year with 13 agents, the second largest independent company has sold 160 homes with over 50 agents. Do the math on a per agent basis. One company is on pace to have agents average 21 homes per agent (the top companies in the country this year will average 12), the other company is on pace to have their average agent (average agent is being generous) sell 6. Yet this company has over 220 active listings right now (ChangingStreets.com has 110-do the math). Sellers making bad decisions. Reba I hate to say it, but If seller read this blog they would know the truth and could protect themselves, if they don't....what can you do. Buddy has been trying to save the world for years now, I hate to say it, the world does not want to be saved.

They want a new snowmobile, or the false sense of superior intelligence. Whatever floats your bass boat.

Man is my spelling bad! LOL. Well read, calculator for a brain, the ability to see into the future, can't spell a lick.