We were pressed for time when we were looking, and had to pass on two places b/c the agents didn't seem to have any sense of urgency.

This creates a sense of urgency in regards to housing inventory.  

I requested urgency with expediting the funds for the work.

If you went to school a little while back and your rates are really low, maybe there's a little less urgency there.More importantly, if you're in public service, I pretty sure there's something called the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program.

Oh, and did I mention I have certain time constraints, hence the urgency?

As I heard Michael Q say in a podcast, you’ve got to settle their sense of urgency right away.

Since I have the rental open houses two times a week for 2 hours each (a weeknight and weekend day), I don’t like to do a lot of prescreening over the phone because I want the foot traffic at the rental opens to create a sense of urgency, and it does work.We stopped meeting people for individual showings a few years ago because we observed half are no shows.

–Frank SinatraI have been impressed with the urgency of doing.

–Frank SinatraI have been impressed with the urgency of doing.

If the call was just to exchange info then there was not great urgency except on your part .