Offers & Negotiations

Writing Offers and Negotiating Acceptance

How you write a winning offer depends on your marketplace and whether it is a seller's or buyer's market. Find out what needs to be listed in your offer to give you the edge. As a buyer, how do you write contingencies that will let you cancel the deal and get your deposit back? As a seller, learn how to give up the battle and win the war through counter offers.

• What is a Notice to Perform?
  What is a Notice to Perform? How to give the buyer a notice to perform or a seller a notice to perform. How each party may retain the right to cancel a transaction after handing over a notice to perform.
  
  
• Is it OK to Make Multiple Purchase Offers?
  Should a buyer make multiple purchase offers on more than one home when competition is fierce? Reasons why making numerous purchase offers could land buyers in hot water.
  
  
• Top 5 Lowball Offer Mistakes
  Top 5 mistakes buyers make when writing lowball offers. Why sellers refuse lowball offers. How to keep away from making mistakes when writing a lowball offer.
  
  
• 8 REO Tips for Buying Foreclosures
  Tips for buying REO homes. How to get REO offers accepted on foreclosed homes, particularly in multiple-offer situations.
  
  
• How Can Two Offers on a Listing Happen at the Same Time?
  How two offers on a listing can happen, even after the listing has expired. How to deal with various offers. Home buying when another buyer tries to buy the home you want.
  
  
• How Are Seller Rent Backs After Closing Handled?
  Renting back after closing. Safeguard for home buyers and sellers when the sellers rent back after closing the transaction.
  
  
• Contract Contingencies
  Common purchase contract contingencies to use when buying a home. How to make a contract contingent on evaluation, loan, inspections or other factors important to a buyer.