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A good realtor is worth their weight in gold, but there are A LOT of crappy ones out there. When we sold our last house, at the bottom of the RE market, our first realtor was a hindrance to selling. You can dig up my threads about this and the resulting lawsuit. When we switched realtors (after a year flailing on the market), we instantly went from 1 showing every other month to 4 showings a week. As we worked on pricing and presentation (based largely on feedback she sent us from showings), that went up to up to 4 showings a day for a few days until it sold.

Moses, in your case, it sounds like the realtor wants to throw a party at your place, and there is a good chance that the party has nothing to do with selling it.

I've heard of a lot of shady realtor scams over the years. A friend of mine thinks his realtor purposefully suppressed showings (but can't prove it), only to let the house languish on the market, and when he was desperate, came in with a way-below-market lowball offer. Fortunately, he listened to us (his friends), listed with another realtor, and was suddenly getting showings until it sold after a couple of months. (And it sold for many multiples of the lowball offer.)