Is the wholesale deal lost?

[Tafon Mainsah]

I recently had a seller that I had built great raport with, give me some bad news... she was going to list her house. She told me she was either going to accept my offer or go list it with one of her buddies that's a real estate agent. I guess the buddy got in her ear enough cause she's going with her. Is that deal lost? Is there a way I could have persuaded her to go with me without increasing my offer price by a lot?