Answers by Courtney McCullough

I’m sorry your agent’s sick—that’s tough—and you’re right to worry about momentum. Your listing is with the brokerage, so ask the broker-in-charge or office manager to put a backup agent on your file today. The fix is simple: keep the lockbox and showing service on, route questions and offers to the backup, and keep marketing live. If coverage can’t start immediately, I would continue to reach out to the broker in charge/Managing Broker. You can care about your agent and still protect your sale. Both can be true.