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You have found a house in town that makes your heart skip a beat -- it is in the right location and has
all the amenities you want. The price is the only thing that is keeping you from
making an offer -- you feel that it is more than you can afford. How can you
maximize the possibility that the owners will accept an offer that is much less
than they are asking?
The first thing you should do is to make the
offer as "clean" as possible by not asking for special contingencies.
Avoid making demands on the sellers for minor repairs, such as cutting down the
dead tree in the back yard or leaving custom drapes. Be as flexible as possible
about scheduling the registration date to fit the sellers' moving plans.
Finally, you can offer a larger-than-usual deposit to persuade the sellers that
you are a serious buyer and to make it harder for them to "just say
no". Each situation is different, however, but the simpler the offer, the
more likely the sellers are to accept it.
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