[notfarnow]

I sell real estate in a market where the average home sells for ~180-200k. I had a few strong deals in the 300-400k range last year, but my average deal was still $174k... actually a good spot to focus on for day-to-day paycheck work.

Through some good luck, persistence and hard work, I've started working with a couple buyers in the 800-1.5M range, looking for waterfront. It's helped open a few doors for me (literally), just by exposing me to listings of this caliber, and by giving me an opportunity to prospect for listings in this range.

Anyway, by cold calling, mailouts and networking, I've managed to line up a few places for them to see that aren't actively on the market. One of the places I lined up is asking 2M.

So I called my buyer and gave him the rundown of the place, and told him the price. His response:

"Two million dollars... what kind of a##hole has that kind of money to spend on a house?!?"

I just about passed out from laughing.