
Quoting
paddywakk
look, agent probably thought you'd have to be crazy to offer $800K for that property, which is why he said it would never go for that much.
2 hours later, someone offers exactly that. All offers must be presented to seller, and of course the seller took the highest offer. immediately.
If you really wanted the property and would have paid $800K for it, that's what you should have offered. Not at all unusual in CA for property to go for higher - sometimes MUCH higher - than asking price. No need to send you a counter offer.