<prompt> Human: Five days ago, we submitted an offer of 100 list through our agent. The next day, she informed us the listing agent threatened not to present our offer to the seller unless we increase or use her preferred lender.I called the selling agent to verify our offer was received, and she was very rude. Here is the gist of the conversation: without asking who I was, she said, Ive received your offer and one other. When I asked if there was a problem with our offer, she said, I never said there was a problem. You need to work through your agent; I dont represent you.We toured the house a second time that evening the seller was home. I let her know we made an offer, and the conversation was very pleasant, but it was clear she had not seen our offer yet. I asked our buying agent if there is any way of knowing if the offer was presented to the seller or if there are other offers, and she said we have to believe what the listing agent says.Three days later, the only feedback wed heard was they had multiple offers and wanted us to submit all best offers by 10am the next day. I dont trust the listing agent, so we waited. The next afternoon, our agent let us know an open house was scheduled. Supposedly, their best offer was from a pregnant couple who went into labor and had to cancel.This is our first attempt at buying a home, and it all seems so sketchy. We would be grateful to hear your opinions. If it helps, we are preapproved through Quicken Loans and plan to put down a little over 5.Thank you.Assistant: What state are you in? Each state should have a real estate licensing board. Id call them and see if the selling agent is acting within her license requirements. It wasnt clear if the financial requirements was something the agent was adding on or something the sellers were requiring. Sounds like it was the agent. Edit: pronouns Human: Were in California.  <response>: That is absolutely illegal in CA source: CA real estate agent 