> As for the 'pumping up the price' to get paid more, or 'making me hurry up' to get paid faster, there may be some agents that do this, but good ones are more concerned about the lifetime value of a consumer,...
Most people don't do anything like this, especially not in the same geographic region.
In any case, this only gives the realtor an incentive to make you feel like you got a good deal. For products where my experience in the objective (e.g. going to a restaurant) or where I have adequate skills to judge, this would be find. But the realtor in selling his skills as judging deals, among other things. He tells me "this is a great deal for this neighborhood".
Most people don't do anything like this, especially not in the same geographic region.
In any case, this only gives the realtor an incentive to make you feel like you got a good deal. For products where my experience in the objective (e.g. going to a restaurant) or where I have adequate skills to judge, this would be find. But the realtor in selling his skills as judging deals, among other things. He tells me "this is a great deal for this neighborhood".