Why would you list a property with no intention of selling?
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[{"id": "hx7uh6c", "text": "Sale/leaseback maybe? They would become the tenant and pay rent to the new owner. It would allow the owners to pull the capital out of the real estate and focus on their core business.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "hx7v48v", "text": "If they have a signed listing, it\u2019s for sale. \nThey may have intended for it to be a discreet listing.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "hx7vsso", "text": "Could be \u201cfishing\u201d a restaurant near me was on loop net for a LONG time. Dude was just waiting for the right offer to come along. He wasn\u2019t in a hurry to sell but the price was right and he retired", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "hx93k99", "text": "Seems like they want to sell. Broker wouldn't take the listing on just to waste their own time.\n\nLots of reasons to sell... Situations can change on a dime.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "hxgwx8u", "text": "I saw that one time because the lender wanted the owner to increase liquidity.  He said hed sell some re and they were ok with that to get his other business done.  0 intention of selling, just wanted a lending approval", "replies": [], "depth": 1}]