Has anyone heard of a buyer agent lying about getting their offer officially accepted?

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Anonymous wrote:Your agent is lying to you.

What would be the agent's motive to lie?

[Anonymous]

To be done with a transaction and get paid is the motive.

Also write an email to the agent rescinding your offer. Then get a new agent.

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Anonymous wrote:For your next agent, don't share everything with them. The more you let them in, the more they try to screw you. Use them to open doors. Then you (and spouse if applicable) deliberate on your own. You tell them the terms to write for the offer. Don't make yourself vulnerable to them by bringing them into your thoughts and feelings.

Anonymous wrote:Or just stop using a buyer's realtor.

Exactly. Why pay someone to service a transaction while preventing them from involving themself in the transaction.

Anonymous wrote:That's what we did for our last purchase. We just called seller's agents and they showed us their properties.

Yes, and retain an attorney. A decent real estate attorney would have been all over these clowns.

[Anonymous]

OP here. If anyone is curious I received a signed counter offer dated today at noon. My guess is they couldn’t get people to go above my full price offer. With that said I’m not signing anything and will be moving on from everyone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. If anyone is curious I received a signed counter offer dated today at noon. My guess is they couldn’t get people to go above my full price offer. With that said I’m not signing anything and will be moving on from everyone.

They countered your full-price offer?

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. If anyone is curious I received a signed counter offer dated today at noon. My guess is they couldn’t get people to go above my full price offer. With that said I’m not signing anything and will be moving on from everyone.

Yeah greedy bastards. If you're not in love with the property and don't need to move quickly then I would walk, too.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. If anyone is curious I received a signed counter offer dated today at noon. My guess is they couldn’t get people to go above my full price offer. With that said I’m not signing anything and will be moving on from everyone.

They countered your full-price offer?

The house is 1.35M, I offered 1.30M and they countered at 1.35M and I said okay. They tried to use the weekend to get offers over 1.35M.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. If anyone is curious I received a signed counter offer dated today at noon. My guess is they couldn’t get people to go above my full price offer. With that said I’m not signing anything and will be moving on from everyone.

Good for you. I think sellers and their agents play these games because buyers allow them to. Sellers should understand that by trying to find a higher offer, they are jeopardizing the offer they already have. This may have played well in early 2022, but right now, it is extremely foolish and risky.

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Anonymous wrote:Sorry about all of these crappy agents you're dealing with, OP. But please find a new agent and make sure all future offers you submit have an expiration date of no more than 24 hours. That way, at least you wouldn't be in a position where your offer is still technically lingering out there and you had to say that you wanted to pull it. Also makes it harder for the offer to be used to get other offers.

Expirations are silly

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. If anyone is curious I received a signed counter offer dated today at noon. My guess is they couldn’t get people to go above my full price offer. With that said I’m not signing anything and will be moving on from everyone.

What?! Why? You got what you wanted.

You are going to walk because of some fantasy you have about what you imagine happened and it pissed you off?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. If anyone is curious I received a signed counter offer dated today at noon. My guess is they couldn’t get people to go above my full price offer. With that said I’m not signing anything and will be moving on from everyone.

OP, good for you. I had previously suggested putting an expiration on it to give the sellers a chance to accept it. It's clear now that they're playing games. My biggest concern would be what house issues are they hiding. These sellers are dishonest.

You do know that your realtor was part of this effort to scam you, right?

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. If anyone is curious I received a signed counter offer dated today at noon. My guess is they couldn’t get people to go above my full price offer. With that said I’m not signing anything and will be moving on from everyone.

What?! Why? You got what you wanted.

You are going to walk because of some fantasy you have about what you imagine happened and it pissed you off?

I don't understand either. What's wrong with taking two days to evaluate all the offers? It's not like your trying to buy a stroller off NextDoor. This is a major purchase/sale.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. If anyone is curious I received a signed counter offer dated today at noon. My guess is they couldn’t get people to go above my full price offer. With that said I’m not signing anything and will be moving on from everyone.

What?! Why? You got what you wanted.

You are going to walk because of some fantasy you have about what you imagine happened and it pissed you off?

I don't understand either. What's wrong with taking two days to evaluate all the offers? It's not like your trying to buy a stroller off NextDoor. This is a major purchase/sale.

Because I accepted their counter immediately and was told I would have a contract to sign asap. I expected it the same day as verbally accepting it. They lied telling me it was coming 3 times and it didn't until days later. They didn't even sign the contract until yesterday. They dragged their feet and found out I'm not interested in games.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. If anyone is curious I received a signed counter offer dated today at noon. My guess is they couldn’t get people to go above my full price offer. With that said I’m not signing anything and will be moving on from everyone.

What?! Why? You got what you wanted.

You are going to walk because of some fantasy you have about what you imagine happened and it pissed you off?

I don't understand either. What's wrong with taking two days to evaluate all the offers? It's not like your trying to buy a stroller off NextDoor. This is a major purchase/sale.

Because I accepted their counter immediately and was told I would have a contract to sign asap. I expected it the same day as verbally accepting it. They lied telling me it was coming 3 times and it didn't until days later. They didn't even sign the contract until yesterday. They dragged their feet and found out I'm not interested in games.

That is so weirdly spiteful, though. You wanted the house and you got your terms at the end of the day. But you’re going to have a hissy fit and walk because you don’t like that you THINK they wanted to play games? WTAF?

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. If anyone is curious I received a signed counter offer dated today at noon. My guess is they couldn’t get people to go above my full price offer. With that said I’m not signing anything and will be moving on from everyone.

What?! Why? You got what you wanted.

You are going to walk because of some fantasy you have about what you imagine happened and it pissed you off?

I don't understand either. What's wrong with taking two days to evaluate all the offers? It's not like your trying to buy a stroller off NextDoor. This is a major purchase/sale.

Because I accepted their counter immediately and was told I would have a contract to sign asap. I expected it the same day as verbally accepting it. They lied telling me it was coming 3 times and it didn't until days later. They didn't even sign the contract until yesterday. They dragged their feet and found out I'm not interested in games.

That is so weirdly spiteful, though. You wanted the house and you got your terms at the end of the day. But you’re going to have a hissy fit and walk because you don’t like that you THINK they wanted to play games? WTAF?

It's not 2022 anymore and their behavior is indicative of how the whole transaction would go.