I'm so tired of realtors teasing with a "well it's down to another offer and you, if you were to do this and this it would probably put you in the lead" instead of a freaking written counteroffer (of course this is after asking for everyone's best and finals). I'm also tired of agreeing to do that nonsense which amounted to a bid $20k over list on a $235k house, $10k cash guarantee in case there are appraisal issues, $3000 earnest money, 5 day option period, and then having the realtor say they went with another bid and finally admitting that the other buyer was willing to do a 2-day option period.
This is after, of course, another listing where the seller's agent eavesdropped on us via their Nest cam, used that to figure out what to throw in, followed by telling us after the fact that the listing agent was in fact one of the owners of the home (wasn't listed on the tax appraisal, house was in wife's name) and retracting a counteroffer sent via text message because someone offered more than I did.
This stupid market in Dallas has lost its damn mind.
This is after, of course, another listing where the seller's agent eavesdropped on us via their Nest cam, used that to figure out what to throw in, followed by telling us after the fact that the listing agent was in fact one of the owners of the home (wasn't listed on the tax appraisal, house was in wife's name) and retracting a counteroffer sent via text message because someone offered more than I did.
This stupid market in Dallas has lost its damn mind.