So you put your house up for sale for a million dollars. I offer $300,000 and I only want to buy 1 acre, not 10.
I'll come over to sign the papers tomorrow.
Agreed. Also there is the following consideration. If the property was on a single parcel and someone only wanted to buy part of it, the parcel may need to be split and there may be zoning law effects on both resulting parcels. Would the buyers be willing to pay for this split? Probably not. Especially since they did not really want to buy the property but rather just wanted a legal battle with the diocese.
You didn’t meet the sale price.
Reality: I offer my house for sale at $1m. You show up with $1m. If I turn you down I’d better have a darned good reason. Especially if the house *remains* for sale for $1m or less.
Or I can expect to get SUED.
Try selling a home in a major metro area. And being picky about who buys it. Realtors will drop you like hotcakes. They don’t want to get sued either.