This "horrible experience" (she listened to a neighbor's story and presumably heard fake moans and groans through a wall, maybe some dirty, dirty talk) is clearly causing her immense psychological harm.Come on, Jimmy, let's get to the beef.

While people will almost certainly go above asking, there is likely a psychological effect by setting a price.

Plans changed, as they do very often with young people, and my interest turned completely away from the military to psychology.

Psychology, risk tolerance and self-discipline are involved. 

Since we're ten pages into this thread it may be safe to show a little book-learning and mention cross-cultural psychology and Geert Hofstede.

Old roofs, old boilers, driveways, huge cap ex expenses that need to get taken care of.Read the Psychology of Money by Morgan House.

Then to come off market, and come back on a week later at a lower price again before selling for list.The point being that there is a psychology to listings, and many people choose not to understand it.  

Originally posted by @Mike Dymski:Facts and logic don't fix problems of the human condition....it's about psychology, not real estate.  

@Diana DorantesSome fundamentals of economics, psychology of the masses, real estate and general trends- the “sale” will not begin when everyone is expecting it.

Never let the psychology of past investment cloud your view of what you should do going forward. 3 months without an application is the tell right there.