Low Ball offers on Phoenix Short Sales
My fellow Realtor, Anna says this well! Stop the Low Ball offers on Short Sales. As a Realtor in the Palm Beach County real estate market, the last 5 years of foreclosures and short sales has dragged on. Right now, less on market and the banks have priced these properties in line with last sales, square footage and improvement criteria.
A Buyer who is seriously in the market for an investment or a home for themselves, it would serve well to work with a Realtor who can show you how!
Low Ball offers on Phoenix Short Sales
Ok folks listen up, please stop calling agents and telling them you've as good as gold, have cash, can close in two weeks etc etc etc on short sales. Just stop! Short sales don't work this way - they really don't. Some short sales can take 60 days others could drag out for a year. Really. I'm not joking. As for you having cash, well that's fine but the bank is not going to take an offer for 50% less of what they think they should realize just for you - especially if the home has been on the market for a week or two. It's just not reality. Now if it's been months and months or longer you might have a chance - might. But it's doubtful - just saying.
Yesterday I got yet another call just like this and we had a real hard conversation that he didn't want to hear. The guy suggested to me - hey I'm your guy who can close deals, fast and with cash so call me. No, I'm not going to call you back unless - UNLESS I knew the bank would even consider such a low offer. I know pretty much what a bank will take on a short sale in our hot Phoenix market and it's not 50% off. And BTW I've got two other agents that will be writing on this very property you called on and they know what needs to happen in our short sale market.
I am sure this guy doesn't know how short sales really work. It was if he was reading off a script from some short sale investor seminar he had taken recently. Is somebody teaching these folks how to buy short sales? No. In the past when ever we'd get the 'zero down' calls we knew for sure another seminar promoter had been in town. Since I don't read the paper I don't know who's advertising again. Somebody is making money on short sales and it's not the attendees but rather the promoters. Folks this is the oldest trick in the book.
If you are new to buying short sales the best move you could make is to call a broker or agent that understands how short sales really work and make an appointment. Listen to what she/he tells you -carefully - if you want to be a succesful short sale bidder. The agent has most likely been working on short sales for the last 4 or 5 years and knows what they're doing. Really they do. Save everybody some time and learn the short sale ropes in your area before making 'pie in the sky' verbal offers and proclamations of how you're good as gold. If you do you just might be the successful bidder on a short sale that would make an excellent investment. Now make that call to a good short sale agent and win the bid on that short sale.
Low Ball offers on Phoenix Short Sales
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