All week I tried to keep a pair of Robbins from nesting on top of my hose rack under our carport. A couple times a day I would wipe the mud and twigs off my hoses and I'd place something uncomfortable on top of it all like the spray gun you see under this nest.
The birds got really busy here when the kids went to school and I was at work. They completed their task.
The thing is the nest is in a high traffic area with our cars pulling in and out and a lot of foot traffic.
I don't think the female sat on that nest for an hour before they abandoned it.
Sometimes persistence doesn't pay off in Real Estate for birds or for humans.
A good example is the Buyer who submits an offer for $50,000. less on a $200,000. listing in a hot market. After the initial laugh by the Seller and rejection of the offer for the Buyer to come back time and time again upping the offer by $500. or $1,000. is going to be viewed as nothing more than an annoyance and will anger the Seller.
Another example is the Buyer insisting on asking every listing in a hot market if they will do "Owner Financing".
Persistence is good... but not mixed with absurdity.
The Minot ND Housing Market is still a Sellers Market but at this point it is pretty balanced. Prices have come down but very few Sellers are "desperate" to sell.
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