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Looking for some advice, here is my situation.

My wife and I have been renters for a long time, but over the past year, we have been browsing domestic real estate with the plan of buying eventually. We have a pretty good idea of what things sell for. We were however, just notified by our landlord that he is selling our condo and we need to be out by February 1st. Moving is expensive, so we figured that this might be the kick in the butt we needed to finally buy a home (since if we went back to renting, then decided to buy in a couple of months, we would have to move twice).

There was one house that we have been coveting for a while, so we contacted the seller's agent to set something up. She set up a viewing for this weekend, but then tells me that the seller is taking it off the market until spring after Saturday so we need to make an offer that day. First of all, I am not foolish enough to make an offer on the very first house I look at... I kind of felt that this listing is there just for baiting purposes, but maybe it is just the conspiracy theorist in me. Do agents do that?

She then told me that anything in my price range would be a "fixer upper". The thing is, I can look at the MLS listings and find many houses in my range that are nice. Some cheaper ones are actually in brand new subdivisions and haven't even been lived in. She also emailed me some listings, all of which were really sharty houses that have been listed a long time, when like I said, I can find better ones myself that are new listings right on MLS. I think she was like that because I told her how much we were pre-approved for, but that we are not going to be spending up to that amount.


So I guess what I want to know is, does it sound like I am being scammed or not getting great service? I have not signed anything with her, so I am thinking I should just cut and run. Also, one of the people recommended to me works in the same office as this girl, but would it cause internal problems if I switched?

I also had another agent randomly call me because someone at CIBC gave them my info, and she wants to represent me. Not to mention that every person I know is trying to set me up with someone they know. It's getting kind of annoying. I also had another one cold call me and I have no idea how they got my info.

All in all, I am finding the whole experience so far to be annoying and very draining. Should I expect this?