Fake delight;  "Sure!

But it is firm and not caved downward in places.   

And part of that is education on neighborhoods: you have to understand what you are signing up for, or in other words, why it is a really good idea to not shop in the bargain cave.

No thanks; there's a lot of limestone and underground caves here and sinkholes can grow big enough to swallow whole houses. 

As you can see in this link to the BLS, the unemployment rate in Bham has been declining steadily in 2017:https://www.bls.gov/eag/eag.al_birmingham_msa.htmAnd a breakdown of their data in many charts and delightful tables with historical data showing the long-term decline in unemployment:https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LAUMT0113820000000...In the BLS' current summary for Bham, you can see that our rate is actually lower than the national average:https://www.bls.gov/regions/southeast/summary/blss...This summary also shows you that Birminghams cost of living remains lower than average, while our average wages/salaries have been increasing a faster clip than the rest of the nation.This is a report on business leader confidence showing that the forecast for Q3 2017 and beyond is optimistic:http://cber.cba.ua.edu/news.htmlThis is a the Birmingham Business Alliance's 2017 economic outlook report.

He's hoping you'll cave when he puts pressure on you.The ball's in his court.

I DEFINITELY would not a video tape of all the crazy things I do outside my house, I mean my man cave!!

You are the owner of the property and your response should be a firm NO.....end of story.Don't cave in to their wishes and continue to manage the property from your head and not your heart.Good luck and keep us posted.

I'd be delighted to.

Good, Bad or neutral - - it's bad business to use the hard sell - - you've all heard it in various ways - - Take this now before I leave or you'll never find another offer like this.I walked out of a car showroom on this approach and found a delightful experience just down the block.This approach relies upon buyer ignorance and current market prices.