I share your annoyance re Wow!
+1! to nayr497 re "Fixie" listings. Just earlier today, I saw separate listings for "fixie" saddles and stems.
Zaphod: Real estate agents are not interested in finding you the best house or even getting you the best offer when selling your home. They are interested in getting you the
first reasonable offer or the
first acceptable home. Real estate agents who sell their own homes keep them on the market significantly longer than their clients' homes in order to wait for the best offer. There's a great chapter in the book
Freakonomics on this topic.