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Disagreement with agent on repair negotiations

We are selling in a hot market in VA. We got several full price offers 2 days after our home hit the market. We picked the better offer and the buyer scheduled their inspection. The inspection came back with quite a few things which we expected for our price point and age of the house. The buyer started the repair negotiation with one large item they want and a credit for some smaller items.

Ok great. So we come up with a counteroffer we want to present. We want to counter with the full credit they are asking for but no to the big repair, hoping we can meet in the middle. Our agent disagrees and is refusing to present our counteroffer. She keeps repeating we need to offer them everything they are asking for. We’ve been arguing about it with her for days. I just want to present my counteroffer and see where it goes but the agent is refusing to present it, repeating that we need to honor all of their requests.

I’m honestly baffled and I don’t know what to do. This is a new agent who we are friends with and I’m now regretting doing such a large financial transaction involving a friend. I just want to negotiate with the buyer! I don’t understand how it would make sense to start a negotiation by saying yes to everything they are asking for?

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