If you were the agents - would you be willing to give a little for a good deal?

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We have one more property on the market. It's a decent size, 12 1/3 acres in the country....very private. We have had a few offers, but none worth it until today, maybe. The other agent is making the deal for a 'relative' and made us an offer which we countered, splitting the difference from asking price and what the offer was. Meaning, we met them in the middle. Well, she doesn't think the relative will go that high and wants us to drop our price another thousand dollars. I told our agent (who owns the agency by the way so he can do as he likes) that if he and the other agent are willing to drop the commission by 1 percent then we would take their offer. He said he will pose it to the other agent...we are not talking a lot of money - if the two agents each cut their commission by 1/2 percent they would get a little more than $300 less. We will lose money on the sale no matter what since we overpaid for it when we bought it due to the fact we used the seller's agent instead of getting our own - our fault for sure. But since we are going in the hole for several thousands of dollars even at our counter offer, if they can't give up a few hundred then no deal. Oh - the 'relative' the agent is working for is her x-husband so she is trying to get him a good deal and on top of that she'll make a commission. What would you do - would you give up a few hundred to make the deal if you were the two agents involved? Photo is mine.