How to avoid losing the sale if you're a Holmdel, New Jersey home buyer and not walk away disappointed.

I'm reminded of a Latin phrase since so much of real estate ownership and property rights dates back to the Romans. Res tantum valet quantum vendi potest.  Latin for the phrase "a thing is worth only what someone else will pay for it."

Yet the lucidity of the observation, the indefatigability of this simple argument, does not mandate acceptance.  The buyer may portend worth.  

The trick is coercing the seller to agree with the buyer's approximation.

The buyer of a Holmdel home for sale is well advised to plead competently when submitting an offer.  Remember that in God we trust but all others must bring data.

• To position your offer in its best light, the seasoned Realtor, one with experience as a Holmdel, New Jersey buyer's agent, provides the seller with an opinion of value supported by recent comparative sales.
• Or the buyer can simply approach the purchase with the humble caveat: "This is all I can afford for your house." 

Either way, it is simplistic to believe every seller in today's market must accept any offer.  There are few Holmdel short sales.

Not every homeowner over leveraged. Not every citizen defaulted. 

There are fortunate real estate owners who chose not to the roll the bones in the credit market and enjoy a high percentage of equity in their Holmdel residence.  (In Ancient Greece the first die were carved from sheep anklebones called Astragali.)  

Financially secure sellers can -- and do -- pass on discount offers. I realize that perplexes today's buyers and confounds those who vest stock in pundits and soothsayers. 

Although the majority of Americans fight to dislodge themselves from the grip of the Great Recession, many Holmdel sellers are free to disagree with the buyer's perception of value. They've risen above the fray, reminding me of another Latin phrase -- Aquila non capit muscas. 

The eagle does not hunt flies. 

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If you're looking to purchase a Holmdel, New Jersey home for sale and need the eye of sharp Roman, I may be your Cicero :)

 
Andrew J. Lenza, ABR GRI MBA
Broker Sales Associate
Coldwell Banker
Mobile (732) 580-0822
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