I'm really amazed at how patient I can be with some things. Definitely patience has been required to help my customer find a home. You wouldn't think so in this market - plenty of homes to choose from - and at GREAT prices....
It's Mid December, and after the Dellview Drive fiasco, my customer is ready to search for another house. Problem is she really, really liked that house. 
So we set out after the Dellview failed contract and the second house we toured, she was ready to make an offer! Very attractive house. Little more than she had planned to pay, but it was a larger house, larger lot and in much better shape than Dellview Drive. This one needed some updating, which she really was excited about sinking her hands into (popcorn ceilings... she doesn't like them and she LOVES to scrape them off the ceilings!).
The seller and her family are out in the yard while we're there, and she makes a point of coming up to us and telling me that they are moving in two days and to make them an offer, they are eager to sell.
So, we go back to the office, discuss the house and the asking price, and true to form my client wants to offer about $30k less than they are asking for the house. This is when I learn that she likes to bargain, because as I am encouraging her to make the offer one that they can't refuse, she's telling me she doesn't understand why people don't like to haggle these days!
Oh boy, this house hunting for her could take a long....... time..... She does come up some, but not to what I would call an amount that will catch their attention.
So, I submit her offer, discussing the pros and cons of the house, market, etc. Needless to say, The sellers rejected the offer.... and interestingly chose not to counter. Which then made my client angry.
I sure hope I'm getting all my mistakes out on this one!
So we went house hunting again...... 
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