𝟏𝟎 𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐝 (𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍 𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒆𝒕 TEXAS 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏!!)
1. Be the first to 🆅🅸🅴🆆 a home and put in an offer (𝒅𝒐𝒏’𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒊𝒕 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒔 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂 𝒇𝒆𝒘 𝒅𝒂𝒚𝒔).
2. Offer above asking and/or include an escalation clause (𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒔--𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒖𝒔 𝒂Call).
3. Be open to an appraisal gap (𝒐𝒓 𝒘𝒂𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒔𝒂𝒍).
4. Beef up your earnest money (𝒉𝒊𝒈𝒉 𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒚-𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕-𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔).
5. Get pre-approved by a local lender.
6. Offer to pay the seller's moving expenses.
7. Defer closing terms and timeline 100% to sellers.
8. Waive the inspection contingency (𝑰 𝒅𝒐 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒂, 𝒉𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝑰 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒑𝒖𝒕 𝒂 𝒏𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒎𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒚 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒐𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒓𝒔)
9. Eliminate financing contingencies.
10. Gather a large(r) down payment or pay cash if you can.
An agent can help you 🅼🅸🆇 and 🅼🆃🅲🅷 any or all of these to present sellers your best and final offer right from the beginning. 𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭—it just takes a little creativity and a savvy agent!
Michelle Heiser
Trestle Real Estate
940.390.9312
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