Yeah, yeah, if you've been around for a minute, we all know about The Lawsuit. I don't need the background. I have a hard-to-sell property that's been on the market for 7 months. It was time to renew the listing contract, bail on this realtor and list with someone else, or just take it off the market altogether. For a variety of reasons, I chose to renew with my current realtor (didn't want to prep a large property for new photos, ugly duckling winter season for photos, continuity of leads, etc). When I renewed the listing contract, I swapped the buyer's agent comp from 3% to 2%. I'd originally chosen to offer 3% because the property is difficult to sell - I thought that offering a decent incentive to agents would result in more showings and a quicker sale. I've now dropped the price to a rock-bottom get-it-sold price at a huge loss for me. Knowing that buyers may still ask for 3% (or whatever), it's one more thing they need to ask for/negotiate that isn't a giveaway. I'm happy to pay the 3%, but I'm not *also* giving them $50k in free equipment and $50k off of list price, y'know? It's a negotiation. I fully expect buyers to........negotiate. It's an $800k property on the market for 7 months. People are going to negotiate, obviously. My agent called me in a panic immediately, suggesting that I leave it at 3%. That agents will refuse to show it if it's less than 3%, or that buyers won't be willing to even ask for 3%. Is this bullshit? This seems like bullshit. I'm **very tired** of the realtor games, so give it to me straight: will you show a property that has less than 3% (or whatever %) commission? Surely you signed a buyer agent agreement specifying your commission anyway, right?