@Bomani HowzeI am having trouble following the situation as you say there were no counter offers and then that there were.It sounds like you’re not actually under contract but are still negotiating the deal.When an offer comes in, the listing agent is always going to reach out to other interested parties and try to stimulate some competitive offers for the best interest of their clients seller.  

Ooooh thats a really good point, literally stimulating the economy. 

A 3 day class such as you describe can be useful in that it may serve to stimulate your thinking.Know this, however: The usual "seminar guru" formula is essentially the same as it was 30+ years ago: draw them in to a class that is more conceptual/introductory in nature as opposed to true, genuinely substantive "nuts and bolts", and then upsell them.IMO, the only time it makes sense to enroll in a backend course or "mentorship" program is IF the course/instruction is COMPLETE and the help that you'll need is readily accessible-- meaning that you're able to get the answers to questions that pop up as you go along and get deeper and deeper into things.You can do extensive reading about note investing, or any subject for that matter, but it's only conceptual until you actually get out and do it.

All feedback is welcome and encouraged ;)---READ TIME = 4 minMARATHON INVESTINGThe Pursuit of Wealth, Not MoneyThere’s an accelerating phenomenon across my peer group…we’re going cuckoo for crypto.It’s exciting, intellectually stimulating, financially rewarding…and it’s scaring the cr*p out of me.With incredible short-term wins, crypto hysteria is teaching extraordinarily bad investor habits at an accelerating rate.

Once you have them on the phone, you can ask them to describe their house to stimulate conversation.

It's not a very stimulating career. 

Needless to say, it is a bad tenant turned worse situation that has stimulated his motivation.About the house.

chris  that would stimulate a lot of sales of capital assets... and probably create more tax revenue .. it would hurt 1031 folks...

This will hopefully stimulate a few other full price offers to come in.

The jobs and capital flow which result from building, buying and selling real estate stimulate the entire economy, especially during the last decade when it really needed stimulation which didn't come from government spending.