God damn it

So, I had this ridiculously optimistic hope about house value. The first person who came pitched our house value at pretty much where I thought it was. The second, a bit higher – ten to fifteen k higher. That’d be amazing – and was kinda where I’d had optimistic hopes of getting to.

Then the third one came in, and she was beyond my optimistic hopes. By another fifteen to twenty k. Yes. Potentially thirty five k on top of the first estimate. That’s a ridiculous range in house price. And then she said ‘most of the ones we sell go above asking’.

Why do people do this evil? Put these ridiculously optimistic hopes in my head.