[greglepore]

yeah, and in the days of low inventory that we have now you need one that can hustle and negotiate like yesterday. My s/o is in this biz, and I do legwork for her now that I'm retired, second the comments on incompetence. The buyer's agent for the home I live in now and am selling is clueless, and I'm really tired of being her real world continuing ed proctor.

The sad part is the 1% that are good are REALLY good, knowledgeable dedicated professionals, but finding one is a crapshoot. The problem is that listing agents want to do that, and view dealing with buyers as "too much work" and it is -you split the com, but the listing agent does the work up front and doesn't drive around all weekend with picky arrogant folks who dis you because they're not paying you.

What I would do is...nothing. Use zillow, let the listing agent show. If they don't have to split the com, they're more likely to get it done. Yes, they don't rep you unless you force them to do dual agency (many won't) but if you have half a brain you have more than the average agent.