When we bought our house, we ended up having the worlds worst escrow. Thankfully we had the best agent available (I will always think so anyway after going through this process). She ran interference for us and made sure our best interests were taken care of. She knew the laws that we would not have known as buyers. It is a very long story and covers everything from the sellers removing items from the house they were not entitled to take, to the listing agent finding another interested buying party after our contract was already in effect- and creatively trying to get us to break the contract. Thank goodness our agent was on the ball. I can't even imagine how much of a nightmare it would have been without her help and guidance.
So beyond all the menial things that buyers agents do, a good one will protect their client's interest through rocky waters where not all sellers are good sellers.
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