"Lou" wrote:

I still don't get it. What if the offers were reversed - the 500k is from a
buyer without an agent, and the 495k is from a buyer with a buyer's agent?
Or what if both offers came from buyers with agents, or both came from
buyers without agents? A "rational" seller will accept the offer that
nets the greatest amount of money after all the fees, commissions, etc. are
paid. Unless it affects the seller's net, why the seller would care if the
buyer had a buyer's agent or not is beyond me.

There are usually other factors involved besides the offer price. The seller
needs to evaluate the odds that the deal will go through, any contingencies, the
likelyhood that the deal will fall thru for any number of reasons.

The chances of two people making identical offers except for price is unlikely.