[Nucky]

I love every realtor that I have ever used. I also am a control freak about every detail of the deal. The couple who bought our home in NJ were guided like puppets throughout the deal by their realtor. They used his lawyer, his inspector, his surveyor, his mortgage company. Each took a little nibble from these people as they didn't do the same job that they would have been forced to do by a seasoned customer. My realtor was great in two previous deals but was sleeping during this one. They all respond to pain. Loss of money is the pain that springs them into action. I'm with the OP totally and would do whatever it takes to rectify the garbage that was pulled on him. A damn shame. I also couldn't be an absentee buyer, not a chance.