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November 8, 2007 at 5:09 PM #10860November 8, 2007 at 5:26 PM #97488
drunkle
Participantif it’s bank owned, who cares if it’s insulting?
if it’s privately owned, be really nice about it…
if you’re dealing with a realtor, who cares if he’s insulted? it’s his job to be insulted, that’s haggling for you.
i think someone posted the “rules” of lowballing before… one thing that stuck was that if you give a low ball offer, it gives the seller a sense of a “bottom”. that is, your offer will be rejected, but anyone with even a slightly better offer could be taken.
so, you want to make an offer only if you can make the deal happen. you don’t want to provide someone else a platform from which to work off of.
i think it was also said that you don’t want to be the one to make the first move. you want the seller to spill the beans first, you want them to state a number from which you either get an idea of how desparate they are or how stubborn. if they just repeat the posted number, then walk away. dont give them anything, no counter offer because then you give them a bottom. if they give you a number below the asking, then you can work with that. offer something even lower and work up.
something like that.
November 8, 2007 at 5:26 PM #97551drunkle
Participantif it’s bank owned, who cares if it’s insulting?
if it’s privately owned, be really nice about it…
if you’re dealing with a realtor, who cares if he’s insulted? it’s his job to be insulted, that’s haggling for you.
i think someone posted the “rules” of lowballing before… one thing that stuck was that if you give a low ball offer, it gives the seller a sense of a “bottom”. that is, your offer will be rejected, but anyone with even a slightly better offer could be taken.
so, you want to make an offer only if you can make the deal happen. you don’t want to provide someone else a platform from which to work off of.
i think it was also said that you don’t want to be the one to make the first move. you want the seller to spill the beans first, you want them to state a number from which you either get an idea of how desparate they are or how stubborn. if they just repeat the posted number, then walk away. dont give them anything, no counter offer because then you give them a bottom. if they give you a number below the asking, then you can work with that. offer something even lower and work up.
something like that.
November 8, 2007 at 5:26 PM #97562drunkle
Participantif it’s bank owned, who cares if it’s insulting?
if it’s privately owned, be really nice about it…
if you’re dealing with a realtor, who cares if he’s insulted? it’s his job to be insulted, that’s haggling for you.
i think someone posted the “rules” of lowballing before… one thing that stuck was that if you give a low ball offer, it gives the seller a sense of a “bottom”. that is, your offer will be rejected, but anyone with even a slightly better offer could be taken.
so, you want to make an offer only if you can make the deal happen. you don’t want to provide someone else a platform from which to work off of.
i think it was also said that you don’t want to be the one to make the first move. you want the seller to spill the beans first, you want them to state a number from which you either get an idea of how desparate they are or how stubborn. if they just repeat the posted number, then walk away. dont give them anything, no counter offer because then you give them a bottom. if they give you a number below the asking, then you can work with that. offer something even lower and work up.
something like that.
November 8, 2007 at 5:26 PM #97568drunkle
Participantif it’s bank owned, who cares if it’s insulting?
if it’s privately owned, be really nice about it…
if you’re dealing with a realtor, who cares if he’s insulted? it’s his job to be insulted, that’s haggling for you.
i think someone posted the “rules” of lowballing before… one thing that stuck was that if you give a low ball offer, it gives the seller a sense of a “bottom”. that is, your offer will be rejected, but anyone with even a slightly better offer could be taken.
so, you want to make an offer only if you can make the deal happen. you don’t want to provide someone else a platform from which to work off of.
i think it was also said that you don’t want to be the one to make the first move. you want the seller to spill the beans first, you want them to state a number from which you either get an idea of how desparate they are or how stubborn. if they just repeat the posted number, then walk away. dont give them anything, no counter offer because then you give them a bottom. if they give you a number below the asking, then you can work with that. offer something even lower and work up.
something like that.
November 8, 2007 at 5:43 PM #97496kev374
ParticipantThe thing is that I really don’t care if my offer is rejected, it’s the sellers loss, that is just the reality of the market.
I have no urgency to buy, if not today I will wait and there will be much more choices a year from now.
I wanted to know if it’s better NOT to make an offer than make one that makes the seller want to get into fistfights π
November 8, 2007 at 5:43 PM #97559kev374
ParticipantThe thing is that I really don’t care if my offer is rejected, it’s the sellers loss, that is just the reality of the market.
I have no urgency to buy, if not today I will wait and there will be much more choices a year from now.
I wanted to know if it’s better NOT to make an offer than make one that makes the seller want to get into fistfights π
November 8, 2007 at 5:43 PM #97570kev374
ParticipantThe thing is that I really don’t care if my offer is rejected, it’s the sellers loss, that is just the reality of the market.
I have no urgency to buy, if not today I will wait and there will be much more choices a year from now.
I wanted to know if it’s better NOT to make an offer than make one that makes the seller want to get into fistfights π
November 8, 2007 at 5:43 PM #97576kev374
ParticipantThe thing is that I really don’t care if my offer is rejected, it’s the sellers loss, that is just the reality of the market.
I have no urgency to buy, if not today I will wait and there will be much more choices a year from now.
I wanted to know if it’s better NOT to make an offer than make one that makes the seller want to get into fistfights π
November 8, 2007 at 6:08 PM #97596PadreBrian
ParticipantIf it’s bank owned offer away. I posted a listing last month where they took 30% off. In Carmel Valley!
November 8, 2007 at 6:08 PM #97590PadreBrian
ParticipantIf it’s bank owned offer away. I posted a listing last month where they took 30% off. In Carmel Valley!
November 8, 2007 at 6:08 PM #97579PadreBrian
ParticipantIf it’s bank owned offer away. I posted a listing last month where they took 30% off. In Carmel Valley!
November 8, 2007 at 6:08 PM #97518PadreBrian
ParticipantIf it’s bank owned offer away. I posted a listing last month where they took 30% off. In Carmel Valley!
November 8, 2007 at 8:42 PM #97545The OC Scam
ParticipantTry a low ball offer and sumbit the Goldman Sachs report 12 pages on the California Housing market being 35% to 40% over valued. Atleast they understand where you are coming from…
November 8, 2007 at 8:42 PM #97607The OC Scam
ParticipantTry a low ball offer and sumbit the Goldman Sachs report 12 pages on the California Housing market being 35% to 40% over valued. Atleast they understand where you are coming from…
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