By: elizabeth mmemo
Thank you. This is really helpful
By: Joan Hatfield
In reply to <a href="https://theclose.com/how-to-make-your-offer-stand-out/comment-page-2/#comment-276297">Ris Cowan</a>.
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
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
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
In reply to <a href="https://theclose.com/how-to-make-your-offer-stand-out/comment-page-1/#comment-252603">Peter J Lekas</a>.
I had the same question Peter when I read the article. Did you receive a response?
By: Peter J Lekas
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
Very insightful. Makes perfect sense.
By: Beverly Ruffner
In reply to <a href="https://theclose.com/how-to-make-your-offer-stand-out/comment-page-1/#comment-145628">Terri Steck</a>.
My pleasure, hope your able to utilize and win! Keep me posted
By: Terri Steck
Excellent suggestions on how to make offers stand out. Thank you for sharing!