How should I approach selling my home in Long Beach if I don't want to deal with buyers and back-and-forth negotiation?

Hire a strong listing agent specifically to absorb the back-and-forth. A buffer between you and the churn is a big part of what you are paying for. A good listing agent filters offers so the buyers who go under contract are genuinely qualified, which makes the deal far less likely to collapse over financing or a shaky pre-approval halfway through escrow. You cannot control a buyer's emotions or cold feet, but strong professional representation on both sides limits how often that becomes your problem. In our experience, deals rarely fall out of escrow when both the buyer and the seller are well represented. When each side has someone competent managing the paperwork, the timelines, and the expectations, most of the back-and-forth gets handled between the agents rather than landing on you. So the approach is less about a special sales method and more about who represents you. Interview agents specifically on how they qualify buyers and how they run a transaction, then let that person carry the negotiation and the day-to-day. Your involvement can stay limited to the decisions that actually require you: what to accept, what to counter, and what repairs you will agree to.