[UteStar]

I agree with that Junkie...the problem with a lot of the agents out there is they talk to the seller and ask the seller what they want to sell it for...the seller gives them a number that is just crazy but the agent does it. It doesn't sell and it pisses everyone off.

Good agents spend the time to get the real market value. My wife was asked to sell a house and she came up with the figure of what to sell it for--around $400,000--at the highest. The seller said that was dumb and wanted to sell it for $450K. My wife knew that it was not worth it and ended up telling the seller that she would not sell it for that figure (she knew it was a ridiculous figure and didn't want her name attached to it)...well, a bunch of realtors lined up to sell that house for the price. It still hasn't sold and continues to sit and the price is dropping. This is just in SL where the market is slow but not brutal...I can't imagine how brutal it has become in Phoenix, LV and San Diego.