How do you weed out the motivated sellers from not so motivated?

[Kortez Walker]

Recently I've been getting crazy questions about how to distinguish sellers that are motivated from the ones who aren't so motivated and my advice was focus on the sellers who are reasonable and will reason with you in regards to offers or even selling homes. I received info from other investors and brokers saying they usually only focus on the ones who are motivated and that usually goes well. They don't deal with the home owners who aren't serious or play games. What are your thoughts on this? I personally agree it saves everyone time and headaches.