Successful Home Ownership V – Negotiating with Maturity
Author: Evan Vanderwey
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Negotiating with maturity does not mean that you cannot “low ball” a seller in certain circumstances, but it does mean realizing what it is you’re doing.
If a seller has a home listed for $200,000 and you offer $140,000 – you have just low balled the seller’s number. There is nothing wrong with that, you just need to think it through ahead of time.
The seller has a few options, and a mature negotiator has his response to each one.
1. The seller could accept your offer.
If that happens, the two things that will enter your mind are 1) could I have gotten a better deal? And 2) what might be wrong with this home?
These are legitimate questions, but realize up front that you will want to take this into consideration before you make your offer. Ask yourself: if they accept my offer, will I kick myself for not going lower? There is a price that is too low and will move you to one of the next two options which are more difficult. To deal with the second question ahead of time,…
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