I've been looking for a home for almost 2 years. My needs are very specific so there are very few options in areas that aren't located in shitholes. Saturday I found one on Zillow, sent an email to my Relator, Sunday she sent one back that it was already in contract. It was on the market for 19 hours! Tried to contact their Relator directly on Zillow, only got automated Help Ya finance bullshit. I contacted my Relator to see where they were in the negotiations and let them know there are other options. Been bummed all day that I missed this one. Decided that I have nothing to lose and drove the 40 minutes to the home, knocked on the front door to plead my case with the homeowner directly. Older woman answers the door, told her I wanted the home, she said to contact the Relator, I explained how I found it and all the steps I've taken. That I was sitting in the grocery supermarket parking lot and decided I had no other alternatives but to come to her directly and tell her she has other options. That the home is exactly like my current home scaled to the size I need, fulfills the accommodations I require, that the home was perfect for me. I got the blow off with a "well, you never know". I thanked her for hearing me out and she said something like "hope you don't buy too much at [the name of the grocery store]". Damn, I've tried everything I know, it appears that my attempts fell on deaf ears or have the seeds been planted in her mind? Well... you never know.