Why did three agents from three different brokerages give me three different values for the same house?

Three different price opinions usually mean three different sets of comparable sales, three different adjustments for condition, and sometimes three different motives, since one agent may be pricing to win your listing rather than to match the market. A defensible number comes from recently closed, truly comparable properties, adjusted line by line for lot, condition and location, not a quick drive-by guess. Brian Beatty shows sellers the actual comps behind his number so the reasoning can be checked, not just trusted.