[onewhippedpuppy]

Originally Posted by jhynesrockmtn

Your response should be directly related to how bad you want to sell the house and the condition of the market where you are. In a hot sellers market you can stick to your guns but otherwise you are selling a house and need to be flexible. I would also assume that a late appointment isn't always the agents fault. I was married to a realtor for 20 years and I know there are those out there that lack a certain level of professionalism and integrity, BUT clients are a f'ing pain in the rear and jerk the chains of their agents all over the place.

Exactly. Fortunately we have only had to sell one house, but we lived such that we were prepared to drop everything at a moment's notice for a showing. House always clean, lawn always mowed, etc. It sucks, but that's part of showing a house.