Why do banks try to get rid of foreclosed houses so rapidly? Banks always are making long term investments, sometimes committed for many years. Keeping a foreclosed house for a relatively short period of time would let the house value rise through natural appreciation and the marketability improve. As always there is more to it than meets the eye.
On to something completely different, real estate brokers and agents are lazy, incompetent bastards[or bastardetts]. Perhaps none are worth anything at all, at least those I've personally had the displeasure to meet have not been worth anything at all. Work is opposite of a bad thing. Work should be enjoyed. Work is not something real estate sales people are involved in.