Some people are terrible with money. Take my wife... (Please) - after 20 years she suddenly* decided she wants a divorce. Rather than either of us keep our house, she wants to sell it and split the equity we get out of it. Fair enough, I can agree with that... But then she said she wanted to dump it on a flipper for 300k, when comparable houses have gone for 430-450. I said if you're going to let it go that cheap, let me buy you out. I crunched the numbers, we owe 150k, so I'd either refinance or assume the loan, and give her 75k (her half of the difference between the sale price and what we owe) - she accused me of trying to screw her over. "I'm not letting you have the house for $75k!" "That's right, you're not- we (the couple) would be selling it to me (the individual) for $300k, it's the same as dumping it on a flipper, just that I'm the flipper!" There was no getting through to her. Eventually she agreed to try and sell it properly for what it's worth.

*to me... Evidently she had made up her mind months ago, but wasn't going to tell me until her job situation improved...