Gather round friends, enough of you have asked that I'm finally ready to tell the story of how I bought my house from a crazy person. It's important to note, buying a house in the Bay Area is an exhausting and demoralizing process to begin with. I found a condo in a pretty unique location, and right away it was clear something wasn't right. The view was amazing, but it just looked like the seller wasn't trying. Disinterested agent in the open house, place wasn't staged, toilet seats up in the photos etc.