Friday, February 8, 2008

Low Ball Offer Extraordinaire

Top Mistakes Made by Lowball Buyers

* Can't Afford or Unqualified to Pay More. As your Realtor, I can’t tell the seller your price is fair because that's how much our lender has qualified for . A seller doesn’t care what you can or cannot afford to buy. If you can't afford to buy that particular house, that's not the seller's problem; it's yours.
* “I’m Paying All Cash”. It's all cash to the seller anyways. .The only advantage is that you will be removing the financing contingency out of the picture. .it helps somewhat but in the end, it’s all cash..
* Walking Away At The Crucial Time . Some buyers get their feelings hurt or can’t accept rejection. It’s not a mano a mano competition. . . the one that shuts the door first will never find out if they were truly ready to accept your offer
* Not hiring me or an experienced negotiator to represent you. Our services are free for buyers and our advice will save you Thou$and$$ during the course of a 30 year mortgage.

Some Of My Strategies for Winning the Lowball Offer

* I Find out the Seller's Motivation. It requires tact and years of experience to get this information in a stealth manner. Hiring me will put you in another level.
* Writing a Clean Offer. I keep it simple and make sure that that even the smallest of details aren’t missed. My offers reflect your ability to perform together with a clean strong lender’s approval and the least amount of contingencies
* I Always Advice to Counter the Counter Offer. It goes without saying that if we received a counter-offer. .we didn’t insult them with our initial offer. This is the time to see how low will they go.
* I Move Attention Away From Price. There are many other considerations than just price. Amplifying the negatives and ignoring the positives has its merits. then again. .there is a fine line here too.
* I Always Give a Logical Reason Why Our Lowball Offer is Fair. Don't insult the agent by ignoring this. I have to give the agent a reason to give the seller something to think about. . if is something new and was never considered by them before.. . .then we got the upper hand.
* When Our Lowball Offer is Rejected and Negotiations End I just wait a couple or three weeks and cross off the date in the original offer, put in the new date and I resubmit the offer. A lot of sweating in 3 weeks by the seller and maybe they will be relieved that you are still considering it.