I got an offer last week where the buyer's agent actually wrote in the comments section, "My clients love the property and hope the sellers will consider this fair offer." Fair. The offer was $89,000 under asking on a house that's already priced $15,000 below comps because my sellers need to move fast for a job relocation. But here's the kicker. The buyer included a pre-approval letter for $40,000 MORE than our asking price. So they can afford it. They just decided to see if my sellers were desperate enough to basically gift them a finished basement and a new roof. I called the buyer's agent to feel out if there was any flexibility, and she actually said, "Well, you know, it never hurts to try." Ma'am, it does hurt. It hurts my soul. It hurts the three hours I spent preparing my sellers for this offer. It hurts the tiny shred of faith I had left in humanity. My sellers declined without a counter, which I fully supported. Sometimes "no" is a complete sentence, and sometimes lowball offers deserve to die alone in the darkness where they were born.