Okay... can't sleep. So, I am tired, and will probably be more blunt than usual, but I have gotten to the point where I do not care.
I won't hire an agent, for anything, that will not do/work/try as hard as me. If they don't, then they are fired, because they are useless. I would call the loss mit. dept., if the agent isn't willing to do it. I will call BS, unless I can tell they have really truly tried, and most likely, they haven't. So, screw em, and do it yourself. Call the loss mit dept., and speak with the person in charge. If they seem weak, or can't make a decision, then find out who can. Don't be a dick, be nice, all of these people can come in handy for you, and you what them to answer the phone with, "Hey, what's up graph? How is the bimmer?". You do not want them to think, "Oh... gawd, here is that a-hole again.". They are overwhelmed, let them know, that you know this. Joke with them, have fun with them, and get to know them. Hell, tell them about IHB, and how there is some nutter, who says that the NODs just keep getting worse, and worse. Because they have, and February is looking pretty freakin awful.
So, a line from the movie Boiler Room... "Pick up your skirt, and grab your balls. And, lets make some money!" If you are not having any luck with my advice, watch Boiler Room over and over again, until you can become that line. If you come back and tell me you couldn't do it, or so and so told you to pound sand, then you don't have the guts to do it, and I don't want to hear it. And, if your agent won't do it, fire them, and buy them Boiler Room as way to learn. For gawd sakes, if you want something, and you want it for what you want to pay, then go get it. If your agent isn't willing to do that, then go do it yourself. Now... go out there, and buy a house, buy a house at a step ass discount, if you can't close, then I don't want to hear it. There are plenty of knife catcher forums you can join.
