Reply #44: I had the opposite happen, actually. [View All]

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When I bought my house 7 years ago, I had difficulty finding a real estate agent that was willing to work with me at the price point I was comfortable with. With at least 2 agents, when we got up to the discussion about our price point, they couldn't comprehend why my wife and I wanted to buy a house that cost less than 18 months' salary, when we could easily qualify for a mortgage of over double that price. One guy told us that he "couldn't in good conscience show up $130,000 houses, when we can easily afford a $300,000 house". In his twisted mind, we wouldn't be happy with a less expensive house, and end up blaming him for it. Needless to say, that guy wasn't the buyers' agent we worked with. We did come up a little (ended up buying our house for $142k), but nowhere near the prices that the real estate mafioso were trying to steer us.