Real estate blog entries tagged with offer negotiation by Elizabeth Weintraub, Sacramento Short Sale Agent, Land Park, East Sac, Lyon RE (Top 1% at Lyon Real Estate #00697006)

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offer negotiation: Secrets for Picking an Offer Price on that Sacramento Flipper Home - 03/09/09 09:43 AM

Before you write an offer on a home in Sacramento, the very first thing your buyer's agent should do is look to the tax rolls for ownership and deed transfer information. If it's a company, Google that name, because the owner might appear to be a bank but that company might be in the business of buying up homes at trustee's auctions and not a bank at all.
If the entity that acquired title is not the entity that foreclosed, the buyer may face a struggle in finding a lender, due to the 90-day seasoning requirement by FHA and conventional lenders.
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offer negotiation: Home Inspections -- Where Do You Draw the Line on Repair Requests? - 07/25/08 06:47 PM

Much of what I advise home buyers depends on the price and terms under which they purchased a home. Not every aspect of real estate has a cookie-cutter answer. If you're buying an REO, for example, only an extreme health and safety code violation will generally persuade a lender to agree to a Request for Repair and, even then, odds are the answer might be "no."If you're buying a home way under market value, again, a seller might say "no."If you're buying a short sale home, the answer is almost invariably "no."But if you're buying a home from an individual seller … (15 comments)

offer negotiation: Negotiating in Buyer's Markets - 02/15/08 12:10 PM

I often hear from other agents that buyers in today's market place are difficult to work with, and I can't honestly say that has been my experience. Oh, we always seem to encounter the buyers who aren't really ready to commit but, for the most part, my buyers are delightful, especially the first-time buyers. First-time home buyers make my job fun and exciting. Especially when it comes to negotiating for them.
However, some buyers don't seem to understand that buying a home is a dance, it's a negotiation, not much different from making any other major lifestyle purchase. It's not like walking … (5 comments)

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Broker-Associate at Lyon Real Estate, midtown Sacramento. Selling since 1974. Home Buying Columnist at About.com. Sacramento short sale agent.

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