I know my response is a bit lengthy but, I feel like I have a lot to share that will help home buyers and sellers. It saddens me to read all this horrible real agent stories and I can say your not alone, my husband and I had similar experiences when we bought out home 9 years ago. In fact it inspired me to become an agent, thinking that I could make a difference and be an honest & caring agent in this pool of snakes. But, know there are good agents out there! Unfortunately, we are not always seen for the benefit we provide. I wish I knew what I know now about buying a home what to stay away from what to look for and how to make the best decision for one of the largest purchases of your life. I can tell you I there were a lot of things that our agent didn't help us with that I wish we had an honest agent to help us advise and navigate us through. I learned a lot since then and help my clients not make the same mistakes. I Tell them all the pros and CONS! I am often the person to tell them this isn't the home for you you can find better versus trying to make a quick sale for my own benefit. People need to realize that this is the largest purchase of their life not a pair of shoes that you can return tomorrow. I take pride and helping my clients find a great investment great home that will help elevate them in life. I also take great pride in knowing that my clients are happy and have become more than clients friends. It is what motivates me and drives me to be successful in this industry. I just wish people would not work with the agents they're not comfortable with they, that aren't helping them make the right decisions and are pushing them for a quick sale like a used car salesperson would do the day before rent is due. Report them, fire them, interview and search for an agent that will be loyal helpful and honest and be carrying enough to take your best interest at heart and help navigate you through this stressful & complicated process. Make sure your agent isn't willing to force you in to automatically giving away your rights by completely waving the inspection, appraisal and not explain all of the implications of each. I refuse to let my clients do either even if it will cost them losing the house. Because trust me they could lose more if they win the house and there's problems that they weren't aware of. Example you can limit an inspection but still do the major parts of the inspection. One that I will never allow a client to wave is the tank sweep. Even on an abandoned tank there could be soil contamination that could cost hundreds of thousands of dollars to remediate. What client deserves an agent to not advise them of this, this could cause them to be financially devastated for years if not life. I take this seriously and there are many good agents that do as well. If your agent doesn't fire them and look for one that will. The hardest part of my job is dealing with these type of agents on the other side of the transaction. But I am happy to do it to protect my clients. I hope this explains that not all agents are bad and you should always look for one that will do the right thing. You have the power too demand that your agent treats you better. I wish you all the best of luck.