Closing On My First House: Limbo

I've been waiting impatiently since Friday evening for my agent to get back to me concerning the house. She called me at four today (Sunday), and explained why we aren't signing anything yet--the selling agent was in a car accident over the weekend. She spent some time in the hospital, and apparently the people in her car are STILL in the hospital, so it must have been bad. The selling agent sent a two line email to my agent saying something to the affect of "we'll get the information to you tomorrow," but we don't know if that means the signing papers, or a decision as to whom they've gone with. While I wish I had more decisive data, I understand the circumstances. I just wish my agent was more proactive with getting me information. Even if she hasn't heard back from the agent, I want to hear that. While it's not a huge deal, in terms of real estate, $237k is still a lot of money, and I want better communication.

I went to an Easter brunch with my GF. It was at her aunt's place. Because several members of her family are in real estate, they talked through the deal with me, and agree I need to jump on it. They suggested contacting the branch manager to get a better response from my agent, but my agent is my landlord (or she helps manage the property), and I like her personally, so I don't want to do that. Also, she's been really nice and responsive with respect to my place. Lesson learned, however. Think twice before using those personal contacts to do business with. I'm usually pretty good at driving a deal, but I can (and have) let people railroad me into decisions, and this is a case in point. I wasn't certain if I wanted to use this woman as an agent, but she was persistent and I finally signed and agreed. If I do this again, I'm going to have a short interview with several agents, quiz them on property details, and then choose the one with the best follow up to a few questions I ask. Sigh. Live and learn. If this goes through, and it might, I'll have to say it's more due to luck than effort.