We have been working with an agent and are ready to make an offer on a house as an investment. This house is appraised at 113k and we wanted to come in at 90. The asking price is 135. After walking through with a contractor we determined it needed about 15-20k worth of work (doing it ourselves).
Once we mentioned this she became more hard sell. She started talking up the area as if we are not locals. We gave her some cues that we are familiar with the market and she continued telling us how out of town buyers will come in and pay a lot for this and trying to rush the deal.
So we later told her we are comfortable with 90k. The agent said she would talk to the seller's agent and told us after getting off the phone, "if we could come in at 100 the seller's agent thinks he could talk to them." She then proceeded to give me "comps" in the area of houses selling for more. These comps were all in better condition and actually less per square foot.
Later in the week she checked in via text. I told her I thought maybe we could come in at 95 but not sure about higher. She never responded. I was on vacation so I thought maybe (with my spotty service) she didn't get it. I emailed her to check- she said, via email "Sorry, yes I got it, but then my phone blew up, I'll look again." Then there has been no response since then...I am very turned off by her trying to dicker about 5k and I am feeling like she is trying to play us against the other agent and strong arm us a bit.
My questions are:
Is my read on the situation that she does not have our interest at heart correct, or is this typical behavior?
What is our obligation to her at this point if we are still interested in the house but not her?
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