Wait Out the Wild Housing Market

From the first paragraph: "So wild, a Bethesda, Maryland, resident recently included in her written offer “a pledge to name her first-born child after the seller,” according to the CEO of the realty site Redfin. So wild, she did not get the house. "

I understand that the author is trying to say that the housing market is so bananas that even offering your first born didn't get them the house, but on what planet would people want that? If someone tried to offer me naming their child after me just to purchase my home, I would immediately decline, or at least beg they drop that condition. Strange...