my realtor is mindblowingly lazy and inept. with 2 days left of her contract after being given notice that she was fired, she suddenly comes up with 4 showings and an offer. if she had just worked as hard in her first couple of months as she did in her last two days. regardless, as we negotiated the contract, she managed to almost sink it. i wrote her an email giving her 3 very clear choices, and even pointed out the one that was win-win for everyone. she wrote me back an email that basically blamed me for being confusing and really wanting to close the deal but that the other realtor and client were frustrated because i was being difficult. it was irritating. i called her and she told me she was on the phone and would call me back, but half an hour later, she still hadn't. i'd had it. i called the other realtor and in a 10 minute phone call, closed the deal. seriously. want it done right, do it yourself. i'm an idiot for always being lazy about accepting this wisdom.