I made an offer on a house. I asked if there were other offers on it and was told no. It was owned by Fannie Mae. My realtor suggested keeping the offer open for 8 days. A long wait to hear.
On Monday I looked the house up on the MLS listing site and found it had been taken off the market. Quick call to realtor who discovered the house did have another offer on it and it had been accepted by Fannie Mae and they were already getting their home inspection!!!
I was angry that no one contacted me, while I sat there waiting he hear about my offer, and told me that an accepted offer had occured. Supposedly they mailed in their offer so it was dated before mine. Also it is possible that they were the listing agent's clients whereas I had a buyer agent who would have had to split the commission. So the listing agent presented his own client's proposal before mine, which he was using for "backup."
Common courtesy seems to be missing here.
I really came to have fun, not to look for houses. But I did anyway. Have extended my stay by a week so won't return home till the end of July.
Thanks everyone for your comments!!! Be well, Suki