contract price

I had a question regarding seller counter offers. I was always under the assumption (which is probably wrong, which is why I'm asking) that sellers and the agent were not allowed to counter at a higher price than the listing price? The work around has always been the "submit highest and best"...

I've been thinking a lot about impartiality and how to best improve your chances of truly eliminating bias. When we are given the contract price of a subject for a Purchase Appraisal, and then asked to bracket that price in our comparables, does that not make us inherently bias toward a...