"What’s your bottom line?" Is that a problem?@zavato , that in itself is not a problem, personally though, I’ve found these folks just to be tire-kickers or lowballers.
As @oregonpapa mentions, most of these folks tend to use the bottom line as a starting place for negotiations.
Personally, I believe it takes two to negotiate. I don’t enjoy negotiating with myself. Most of my sales come from someone making an offer and then we negotiate from there.
Folks that just throw out the "what’s your bottom line?" question are not seriously interested in what you are trying to sell. They are simply scavengers looking for steals.
Nothing wrong with that, if that is your bag. I usually will reply to them with "what is your best offer?" question, and never hear from them again.
Hence, I don’t look them as a potential buyer when I get those questions, as I am not a desperate seller or buyer.
Patience is a virtue on both ends.
As for lowball offers and ridiculously high asking prices, they don’t bother me much anymore. Life is too short, why waste time with buyers and sellers who are just fishing and not really interested in buying or selling?