determining a good offer price without being ignored by seller

[Joshua Frank]

Hello BP,

I've had recent experiences on listings on the MLS where I will submit an offer price and the seller will either ignore me completely or try to get me to bump my price way up. I've sent out quite a few offers but I feel as if nobody will take any of my offers serious enough to even counter. I understand it's a sellers market and what not but the numbers have to make sense on my end. but then I will see notifications the home has sold for below listing price anyway and now I've potentially missed out on another opportunity.

thanks in advance