"not your friend's father who just retired and wants something to do" Oh boy can we identify with that point llong0233.
Out of courtesy, we asked the daughter of our neighbour (who owns a real estate office) to value our property. She really low-balled us, insisting that the place should be priced at least $50,000 less than the other company. We think she did it so that the price would be so attractive that she would not have to put much effort into the sale. Needless to say, we went with the other company, which upset not only the daughter, but her mother, our neighbour, as well. They did not even say goodbye to us. But we got a wonderful extremely professional realtor who pulled out all the stops in advertising and promotion. Plus we got exactly what we wanted in price.