Fuck that. Most of the realtors I've encountered are fucking morons. I've learned to trust a select few, but have met WAY TOO MANY that simply pull comps - and then try to sell you on some rudimentary logic. Unworthy simpletons not willing to do any real work to come up with a compelling valuation / strategy. You'd be better off pulling "listed vs sold" prices off Redfin, model the rate of change over the past 6 months and build your own spreadsheet / projections. EDIT: It's possible I've just had some bad luck with folks, or am a bit too analytical and expect the same.
We had a neighbor that genuinely thought her home was only worth about $415K a month ago. Old Milwood area and no updates to the home (it's mostly original early 80s). Her agent (also an investor / broker) recommended she spend over $15K to upgrade a few things in the house to try and get an extra $30K. Sounds logic, if the world worked that way anymore. They have a friend who has a friend that wants to move to Austin from Nashville, asked for pictures. Family offered $560K, with expectation to completely remodel the home (~$125K worth) before they move in. My point is that a lot of realtors just aren't able to mentally shift their perspective based on what's happening today, and owners aren't either.
As was said above, I would have let the market dictate the value. I'm still waiting for someone to list their home for $1, Ebay style.
Also, WTF. I'm starting to get offended that I'm not receiving any letters in the mail about my house.