It also looks like the pandemic and the resulting public health measures have given potential buyers a new sense of urgency, with demand for existing homes so strong in September that 71% of the homes sold were on the market for less than a month!

This is my first time using this agent and he doesn’t seem to have any sense of urgency in scheduling a showing or even replying to calls sometimes.

I did have 3 buyers on one lot.. and I always tell them when they ask I am not a used car salesmen so I am not going to tell you   that you need to do something all I can tell you is its first come first serve and 3 people looked at it today.. so on that one lot  Nice single level 2k sq ft home for 600k.. 8K sq ft lot.. one buyer called that night at 8pm and Had Lori write it up.. 2 other buyers not sensing the urgency showed up to our open on Sunday and first one when I told them we got a contract and its accepted she did not believe me all but called me a liar and stormed out.

The 30 day and 60 day deadlines are to instill a sense of urgency. 

The courts are either not open or there is no urgency to free up your rental property.

The third factor is the pandemic (and the resulting public health measures) has given potential buyers a new sense of urgency, with demand for existing homes so strong in December that 70% of the homes sold were on the market for less than a month.

Many times I get very lame excuses from the agent and often it seems they are not working with any urgency.

This should show legitimacy and possibly create a sense of urgency.  

It creates more urgency when prospective tenants see multiple showings happening of the unit at once. 

Put the sense of urgency in for the seller.