Sometimes money isn't everything, even in a red hot housing market.
Michelle and Rick Croft had 14 offers to choose from as they were sold their Oakville home. But they didn't go with the highest bidder. The eventual buyer came in $150,000 lower than the highest in the stack--though still $200,000 above the asking price.
It was a letter from the Soh family that won the couple over.
The family of six was inspired by a six-week missionary trip to Africa last year to live more simply. They wrote that having the Crofts' place as their "forever home" would free them up to go on more missionary trips and to give more to the poor.
"Their story was all about downsizing and giving money to people that were in need," the Crofts' agent Tracy Nursall tells NEWSTALK 1010's Moore in the Morning. "That really meant a lot to Michelle and Rick, and they went with it. And I was just like, 'yesss, this is awesome!'"