Donika Parker 

Really great post. Welcome to Active Rain! So glad you are here. Have a wonderful week. 

Hi Donika Parker, Welcome to Active Rain and congrats on your first blog post here.  This is a great place to meet and intreact with awesome professionals.  You will also have the opportunity to learn about different real estate markets. Also, best wishes with your business.

Great tips.  I have found in a couple of cases this year, that a personal letter of introduction has made the difference.

Important information for smart buyers in todays markets Donika.

Welcome to Active Rain, looking forward to reading many more of your posts, let me know if there is anything that I can do to help as you get started here.
Bob

The beauty of Active Rain is learning from others across the country and understanding and managing buyer "instincts" when they want to buy locally. Because, all I can say is "we sure do things differently up here!"

Hi Donika Parker ,  Welcome to Active Rain and congratulations on your "Feature", on your very first blog.

Donika Parker - these are the things that we can control! What we cannot control is - the number of offers on that listing and how high it could go!

Donika Parker 
Yes, I too have had to swim in the MULTIPLE OFFER swimming pool called Metro Atlanta! Welcome to AR! Lynn

Not as bad here, but good homes under 300K don't last but 3-4 weeks. Not good if you represent buyers.

Congratulations on your first blog post Donika Parker!

...and a featured post to boot!

We like your writing style!

As REALTORS® who have been here for almost 10 years, it's well worth it!

We wish you great success with your blog posts and networking with other members of Active Rain!

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Good morning, Donika Parker congratulations on the feature....well deserved!  and the bottom line to having a winning shot at a multiple offer situation is to make it the highest and best and the very cleanest deal you possibly can...

and welcome to ActiveRain... it's a great place to learn, share, market and network....and I hope you enjoy it and benefit from all of it....

The agent or broker who pinned the price on the property donkey could be too low so the paying above listing price hesitation needs to be addressed. The higher number could still be a good deal if the limbo pole was too low to begin with... the market has spoken on the end result value of the day.

Welcome to ActiveRain.  Great first post which nailed many of the issues that can keep a buyer from being the successful bidder on a house!  

Donika - thank you for the detailed list. These are all things that my top Realtor referral partners discuss with our clients. I think someone mentioned it in an earlier comment, but a cover letter from the buyer's agent as well as "why we would like to buy your house" letter from the buyers seem to go a long way too.

Great post!

Here we get a sample of professional thinking & doing. The results? Success!

Welcome to ActiveRain Donika Parker! 

Way to go! Great post. Buyer education is key. Love it when I inform the potential buyer of multiple offers and they still want to go in 10% under asking.

In order to win in some areas, it seems that the winning ticket is to remove the appraisal contingency.  I lost a few to buyers doing that and then I won one because I had a buyer who was able to do that.  Not all buyers can do that but for the ones that can, it can help a lot.

I think it also helps in some cases to present your buyers as nice human beings.  Sometimes you get lucky and something personal seems to touch the seller and makes them go for one buyer over another.

Great post!!!

If you are in a multiple-offer situation, making your offer attractive to the seller does not stop at offering a high purchase price

Makes sense...the cleanest offer will have the advantage when there are other offers.

Welcome to the rain where we all help each other and learn from each other.  Great first blog, I will follow you to learn more from you!

Yes, these are good ideas to help win in a multiple-offer situation. Thanks, and welcome to ActiveRain!

Great article with awesome tips!  Welcome to ActiveRain - you will enjoy it here!

Followed.

In my area, I'm always surprised by the amount of agents who use the default number of days for inspection period (on our As-Is contract it's 15 days).  There is no reason why inspections can't be performed/completed within 7-10 days MAX.  That contingency alone can mean the difference between winning or losing a multiple offer situation, all other terms being equal.

Donika Parker - And if #8 is a must, have it in escrow already with a strong buyer. Have a client like that now.

This is an exceptionally well written post. Great job for your first here. 

Great blog filled with excellent points. It's not always the higher bidder. Many factors are involved.  Making your offer incising for both sides is a win win.  Welcome to Active Rain.

Excellent offering to help buyers as they get serious about purchasing a home, Donika. It was also great to see you sharing additional resources by other top real estate bloggers too. Nicely done!

Wonderful post Donika, welcome to ActiveRain and congrats on your first post getting featured.

Lots of good tips.  Congrats and welcome to Active Rain.

Good morning Donika Parker ,

Welcome to Active Rain! Congratulations on a worthy featured post. Your post summarizes some good tips to win in a multiple offer scenario. I subscribed to your blog.

Yes, here's where an agent can shine or flunk. Yes EM sends a message. How about a 10% deposit? I like having the buyer write a note to the seller saying how much they love the home and the neighborhood. It's been said ''we don't sell real estate, but we sell people to people."

In NYC supply in most neighborhoods is barely existent, and demand is intense. Comps are getting thrown out the window in many cases and all cash is routine. Any information that can help a buyer overcome multiple bids is useful.  

Don't you love it when your client listens to you and does as you recommend? And then gets their dream home!

(404) 519-5017 Donika Parker, Real Estate Agent with Maximum One Greater Atl. REALTORS in Roswell, GA.

I love your post. Thanks for sharing.

Great tips.  I'd make one minor modification and say "the higher the earnest money, the more interest you show in the property."  I'd also suggest adding a line that says "contact the listing agent to discuss what terms and service providers the seller would like to see."  Giving the seller one thing less to counter is always a plus.

Great tips! Welcome to Activerain and congratulations on your first post!

Congratulations on your feature !  Home sale contingencies and closing cost credits are a thing of the past in our thinventory market and sounds like yours is just the same way !  Enjoy your weekend.

The one with the highest and best offer with the least contingencies has a great shot at winner the bid.