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We left numerous messages with our real estate agent to no avail. The thing that made us nervous was the fact that he had a $25,500 check for escrow in the event our offer was accepted. We finally called the sellers agent and asked if our agent had submitted the offer on the house in Redondo Beach. We were releaved when she said that our agent did indeed submit the offer, however, she quickly stated that the home had already gone into escrow. Boy were we ticked. The selling agent said she had left a message with our agent on Friday morning stating they had a better offer but he never called her back.

It turns out our trusty agent was on vacation with his family. Obviously, this in itself is fine. Everyone is entitled to vacation. He told us, however, that his phone didn't pick up a signal in the mountains and this is why he didn't call us. Fair enough. the question I have to ask is if he knew he was leaving, why didn't he have somebody else in his Redondo Beach office look after our offer? The answer is simple, it didn't occur to him. Today is Monday and we have submitted another offer on a different home in Redondo Beach. Needless to say we are using a different real estate agent who is more trustworthy and who specializes in Redondo Beach properties. Our Southern California real estate quest continues.