I can't tell you how many times I've represented a Buyer and my commission has been reduced and I had to NOT press the issue, because it would have killed the deal.In essence, I had to put the client's interests ahead of my own (which is what you're supposed to do).Of course these are commercial deals, so the experience of residential agents may differ.

I have been reading for about 2 month already articles and forums on BP and a lot of people says that the market is on the peak of the cycle.Since capitalist economy is cyclical and there is a recession every 8 to 10 years and last recession was on 2008, we already past this bench mark. 

The cheaper laminate uses press board under the top layer with does not hold up well to water at all.

I can go lower if I press and negotiate the price with the sub. 

A real estate license is not a must, specially if you are already pressed for time.

@Nick Talvy - You will be hard pressed to find 200k a door in Riverside/Avondale, but I have people finding great things for waaaaaay less in the neighborhoods I mentioned.

Police told the guy that they weren't going to press charges and that he is lucky that he didn't choke on his own vomit.

If your grandmother lived in Austin, she would be hard pressed to still be there in that house.

If it’s an automated answering service press 0 to try to get a human.

@Jessica Johnston a $10k price drop does not do anything, perhaps it shows that your agent is not very good.Price strategy should be based on data and experience, we use a matrix to compare the specific performance of any given listing to a bench mark.Good news is, you got showings, so you are "in the market" and probably within 10% of you potential sales price.