I go through my mail in about 3 to 5 minutes time.They are just fishing for business that's all.

Add to that that women aren't socialized for self-promotion (partly because most of us have bigger fish to fry than fluffing up our egos), so we're not clamoring to get on the mic. 

Can be any critter from a fish to a monkey to a rabbit, or a snake, whatever.

The fact is that a lot of sellers see our mail and think "Big Fish" where reasonable sellers think "I found a solution to my problem". 

And then just to ice the cake, he has a family ranch on the Trask river on the coast of ORegon that gets a huge salmon and STeelhead run and he is one of the best fishermen I have ever met. so if it was a big patch say 500 to 2 mil MBF  he would take the landowner fishing and that sealed the deal every time.  

I was just about to say what Steve just did about the listing.Tell them that they should have the agent put you as an excluded buyer so there he won't try to fish for a commission if the listing expires and they immediately take your offer.Wish them luck and you hope the agent can get them that price, but if they can't and they want to get out of the place you will be there for them.

I once caught a fish with no bait, so it's time to cast my rod again.

You'll likely find you'll be a fish out of water trying to take down a large tape and time and effort to get out bid will be a waste of your time and talents of what you do.

He went fishing for suckers

Ive been sending them out fishing for sellers.