Fucking typical stupid ass homeowner thinking their shit is worth gold..
Here's a story from about 2 weeks ago involving my brother who was trying to buy a house...
House is in a nice, new sub-division.. The lot sucks. It drops 6' in about 50' in the back. It's totally useless for anything other than your dog shitting in.
The house has been on the market for nearly 400 days. It started at $319,000. After 6 months or so they dropped the price to $308,000. At the point my brother looked at it, it was at $304,000.
It's a nice looking house, built by probably the worst builder in the area. Even the realtor knew that.
So, my brother and his wife offer $250,000 on it. Why not, gotta start somewhere?!
The homeowners come back with $303,600.. YES, you're reading that right. They were apparently so insulted that they decided to totally fuck up a potential sale on a house that has been on the market for almost 400 days. They told the realtor that they weren't going any less than $304,000 on the house.. Ignorant, especially for this area and some people are too proud of their shit.
If I subbed the house and built it myself, I could do it on a better lot for a lot less than $304,000.