<prompt> Human: In March 2013, a friend of my moms recommended a realtor to help mom buy a house. 3br 2bth Townhouse. She bought it for 310k. Shes thinking of selling now, so I had my own realtor friend take a look. My realtor found that at the time my mom bought this townhouse, there were 3 other units same layout but with improvements going for around 260k, one of which was sold one month after hers. The highest any other unit in the complex is currently on the market for 285. So she couldnt understand why my mom paid that price for this place. Moms realtor told her there was nothing else at the time and this was the best she could do for this many bedrooms at this price. The realtor showed mom some other places that looked worse but cost more to make this townhouse look good to convince her. I told mom to get an inspector to at least check the place out first. Moms realtor was the one who hired the inspector. I dont know what he was inspectors are supposed to be inspecting but theres a leaky bathroom sink that needs to be replaced. Weird wiring with the hallway lights. An old sandwich crammed into a bedroom heater thats probably been there for years. Some examples. I dont know if they count. Anyway. This realtor got a 2000 bonus for selling the place. My moms friend got a commission from the realtor for the recommendation... The seller sold their place 50k more than everyone else. Everybody else had something to gain except her. Same layout units that look nicer in the same complex are on the market for around 260-280k. This unit was the most any unit has ever been sold for in the entire history of the complex. I think that realtor royally screwed my mom over. Is there anything we can do about it now?  <response>: So, unless your mom paid cash, she would have HAD to get an appraisal. And the bank would not have lent her more than the appraiser said the house was worth. And appraisers are generally not stuipd - they are not going to say a house is worth 50k more than others without a reason.I also find it unlikely the realtor would try to get her to pay 50k over. Realtors get a 3 cut. So it would be in the realtors interest to sell a house at a fair price instead of trying to sell it for 50k higher to make an extra 1500 with the risk that the buyer discoveres they are being scammed and walks. Buying a house is a big emotional thing for people. They get extremey attached to certain houses often over non-logical things. Successful realtors are very good at fanning the flames as it were. 