Are all your offers low, or have irritating clauses?  

Have a strategy at auctions, some investors go up a dollar to be super irritating lol while others wait till all the ruckus is gone then they start.

Tenant is already irritated because roofer cut his dish and he is going to be out of tv for a week.

@Alvin Pereira - I apologize for not responding earlier, I've been fighting the flu.  

If the first deal falls through, or the seller gets irritated, or the price drops below yours, then you want to be the next call the seller makes.

It also irritates me that it's been an entire week before they even reply.

That kind of irritated me (I know sometimes/someplace that's custom).

when I was building out in Hood river a few years ago and one of Boeing's subsidies ( builds drones) was taking up 70% of the office space up and down the Gorge I worried about what would happen if Boeing pulled out.Growing up in Silicon valley many dont realize that, the market there pre computers was driven by aerospace IE Lookheed.Or Pre computer in Seattle Boeing Sneezed and Seattle caught the flu.

I've read the forums on how to do pre-screenings, but I think most DC landlords are not as rigorous and I think people may be irritated by having to fill out the screening form before a showing.

A home is a HUGE commitment that may need to be sold one day, and for supposedly professional agents with enough power to have a weekly column in the local paper to speak in terms of an extra $10,000 being your coffee at Starbucks for 30 years just irritates me.