Comments on: How to Make Your Offer Stand Out: 8 Tips for Savvy Agents

By: Melanie Patterson

Melanie Patterson — Tue, 23 Apr 2024 12:01:59 +0000

In reply to Christine Morrison. Christine, I am so glad to hear this! Congratulations on your bidding war win and thank you for sharing your story!

By: Christine Morrison

Christine Morrison — Tue, 23 Apr 2024 11:52:52 +0000

Thank you for this timely article for this new agent. I used the great strategies and your Cover Letter to write a Compelling offer in a bidding war this weekend. They chose our offer over higher bids and I credit: cash offer, No Nitpicking inspection, flexible closing, a generous Ernest and Option money to prove intent, and working with the sellers needs. Thank you!

By: elizabeth mmemo

elizabeth mmemo — Thu, 13 Apr 2023 04:59:07 +0000

Thank you. This is really helpful

By: Joan Hatfield

Joan Hatfield — Thu, 17 Feb 2022 04:20:12 +0000

In reply to Ris Cowan. I totally agree with your ethics! That's why I'm affiliated with the highly ethical real estate company John L. Scott.

By: Ris Cowan

Ris Cowan — Mon, 19 Jul 2021 14:57:56 +0000

The home sale strategy is deceptive, at best. That notwithstanding, an experienced listing agent will call the lender and find out if there are any contingencies with the loan approval.
When it comes out that the loan IS contingent on the sale of the buyers’ home, you’ve now withheld a material fact. Ethics violation. AND the listing agent WILL tell the sellers about the buyers’ attempted deception. You just lost them that house anyway.

By: SHIRLEE SEVERS

SHIRLEE SEVERS — Tue, 13 Jul 2021 04:31:27 +0000

Is it beneficial to offer to pay the seller half of the 6% they’ll be paying at closing, or an increase in offer is better?

By: Leigh Monk

Leigh Monk — Mon, 17 May 2021 15:01:49 +0000

In reply to Peter J Lekas. I had the same question Peter when I read the article. Did you receive a response?

By: Peter J Lekas

Peter J Lekas — Tue, 20 Apr 2021 03:29:13 +0000

The following paragraph requires further explanation…

‘There was no possible way for them to make the purchase work without the sale of their home. We knew their home was in a desirable location. We immediately got their home on the market and wrote up an offer to purchase, WITHOUT a home sale contingency!’

Unless the home you put on the market before writing the offer to purchase to a seller “who would not accept a contingency that buyer had to sell their existing home first” there had to have been a contingency because the buyer’s home hadn’t sold yet, therefore.. the offer to purchase was contingent on the buyer’s selling their home..

By: Liezel Els

Liezel Els — Thu, 17 Dec 2020 15:40:40 +0000

Very insightful. Makes perfect sense.

By: Beverly Ruffner

Beverly Ruffner — Sun, 13 Sep 2020 12:55:17 +0000

In reply to Terri Steck. My pleasure, hope your able to utilize and win! Keep me posted