Stephen Knight

They accepted the offer at $1.3 million.

So they were very, very happy with that.

Though it did make me think, well, if the buyer's first offer was where you wanted it to be, why didn't you, like, I get you're happy with it, but why don't you push back for a little bit more?

Nobody takes the first offer.

Don't be ridiculous.

Yeah, 100%.

That's why you've got to come in really low.

My third offer is your first offer.

Do you know what?

That's actually what one of our compliance people once said to me.

They were like, because I was thinking about becoming a financial advisor, like, no, you won't be able to say as many things like you do.

Now, what about a story where it doesn't go quite so well?

I saw another example in Royal Oak.

This is again in Auckland.

And this couple bought the property for $510,000 and then they were trying to sell it for about $1.4 million.

That was the CV.

And they did five open homes across four different weekends, had quite a few people through, right?

Like 15 people through in the first weekend, 11 in the next weekend.

They come to auction and there's a good crowd in the auction room, but no bids.

Ah, nobody bid on it.