[Porsche-O-Phile]

Realtors are almost universally idiots, and I've dealt with many. I'm assuming she was contracted as a buyer's agent and you had an agreement as such. If so, you are her client and she absolutely must do what she's directed to do by you. If it went down as you say (i.e. "raise the price $500 over asking" and she says "no, you'll be fine, I'm leaving it alone") that's a clear violation. YOU are the buyer, YOU are the customer and YOU call the shots - not her. If, OTOH she said "you'll be fine, I recommend you leave it alone" and you caved and said "ok, fine", she's probably done no wrong, besides being a dolt.

There are too many forking idiots in RE. The housing bubble purged out a lot of the really bad deadweight, but certainly not all. I swear most of these guys (and gals) are cut from the same cloth as the "C" students in high school that went on to become insurance agents, travel agents or used car sales schlockers.

Raise hell. Start at her office. If she did countermand your direct order, I'd demand an immediate recission of any buyer's agency agreement with her (usually they're for 90 days or so, meaning if you got pissed and went to someone else, found a deal and closed, she'd be owed money). Make sure the agreement is terminated. Make sure her boss knows why. Then go get another buyer's agent who will actually listen to you and knows the difference between you asking for advice or a recommendation and giving a direct order.

If you don't get satisfaction that way then, yes - consider a call to your state licensing board. And next time an RE agent who works for you tells you "no" when you tell them to do something, don't just sit there. Speak up and assert control! Tough lesson.

Edit (based on the above post) - if you're smart you'll NEVER use a dual agent. IMHO such things shouldn't even be allowed under law. They're clear and blatant conflicts of interest yet a lot of states actually allow them. Get a BUYER'S agent.