When P is $1M, as the article describes, I (putting myself in the seller&#x27;s shoes) am not getting market value for the property; I&#x27;m only getting about 80% of market value. That&#x27;s the problem I see and it really has nothing to do with you or your ability to make P on the property. The selling agent should have worked harder to capture at least a portion of that $1M, particularly since that $1M came at little to no risk for the chain of assigners. Additionally it may be the case that the buyer&#x27;s agent purposely withheld a buyer, hoping to low-ball the seller, assign the purchase to themselves, and then sell the property for an offer that they could have brought to the seller in the first place.<p>The only reason this is possible is because the market is inefficient and I&#x27;d like to see more efficiency introduced into the market, whether that comes through legislation or via technical means, so that people aren&#x27;t leaving $1M on the table to be scooped up by others. In reality that $5.2M property which ultimately closed at $6.2M might have sold for $5.7M, earning the family another $500K and saving the real buyer $500K.