Kris, What you (and Phil) say is so true. But then you meet people who respect your opinion, look forward to your advice and put themselves in your hands-and you do your damndest to perform for them. If that weren’t so, the no-win situations would be intolerable and drag us down.
The most fun is when I’ve had clients looking to sell their home, where my suggested list price is maybe 10 – 15% higher than the compettition – AND the sellers tell me that they want to list with me, BUT they’re concerned because my price is higher than that of 2 other reputable agents in town – 10-15% or so higher – AND they assure me that I can reduce my suggested list price to match the competition, if I want, AND they will still list with me. WOW. A little jittery, a bit of trepidation, but I stuck with my price (on every occassion) and on every occassion we sold in a reasonable time close to list price. Talk about happy clients and a supremely confident agent, able to leap tall buildings in a single bound and smile thru no-win situations for at least a week.
(This is not to suggest that I’ve never listed property for more $$$ than I should have, either mistakenly or in a kind of loose cahoots with the seller, I have)

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