Last month I had buyers who insisted on offering $180,000 on a $340,000 listing because, and I quote, "the market is about to crash any day now." They'd been saying this for two years. I explained comps, I showed them the seller's recent appraisal, I gently pointed out that this home had three offers in the first weekend. Didn't matter. They wanted to "test the waters." So I submitted it, because what else can you do? The listing agent called me back laughing so hard she could barely speak. She said the seller literally framed my offer and hung it in their kitchen as a joke. Now every time we tour a new property, my buyers reference that house as "the one that got away" like they were ever remotely in contention. Meanwhile they're still waiting for this crash while prices have gone up another eight percent. I've started keeping a bottle of wine in my desk drawer specifically for after our showing appointments. It's the only thing getting me through.