Personally, I’d rather be the village idiot than discard my beliefs.What do you think?

If they continue to give you static discard the lead and get off the phone gracefully.

To take this a step further ...The banks (or the asset managers) will typically instruct the listing agent that any "all cash" offer must be accompanied by proof of funds and a specific earnest money amount; those same instructions will also state that offers that do not meet the given criteria can be discarded without presenting to the bank (or asset manager).

That way you can be pleasantly surprised if the discard the dregs and pick higher ones.Be aware of permitting issues.

The building is 100 years old, but we are going to discard the last 10 years of data because we need all 100 for it to be accurate.I guess those actuarial models in the insurance industry are worthless too.

Many of us have made offers where we know ahead of time exactly what we're going to "discard" to make it look like we're negotiating.

The market has its way to adjust to the actual value (Mark to market as the banks dread it) That's why I completely discard ARV estimates, tax assessments and all other nonsense statements that seller put out there that mean nothing.

Much less, since the entire project was eventually discarded.

I noticed, days after the final walk through, that the former owner had discarded a large pile of rubbish into the alleyway directly behind the property.

(i.e. you're beyond the 2 minute, quick analysis), you can discard it and use your more accurate numbers.