Q. A friend of mine gave me some real estate advice and told me that my agent should be able to see listings before they are publicly posted on an MLS website. Therefore, she should be able to let me see a home that will be sold before every else does.

My friend’s point was that if my Realtor did not do this, then she wasn’t really looking for me. There is one listing in particular that I saw before my agent did, but ended up getting multiple bids and going above list price anyway.

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