Make a Good Offer

Making the highest offer is not always the most acceptable offer to a seller in multi-offer environment.  No matter what environment you are operating within, making an offer with fewer contiguous will normally work to your advantage.  Always remember when making an offer, the seller will be evaluating the likelihood the buyer will success in the transaction.  Remember, sellers many times are willing to take somewhat less if their confidence level is higher with a smaller amount offer.  Also, remember sellers want to move on with their lives in their new environment versus holding out for the highest dollar.  Projecting confidence in your contract offer to the seller that the buyer is very capable closing the transaction will always be a huge advantage to all parties of the transaction.  In my opinion, the simpler you can keep contact language, the greater success you will have with your transactions.