Entries from Searchlight Crusade tagged with 'negotiation'
Some Risks of Lender Owned Properties (REO)
I have found your blog to be very informative. I was out riding my bike and rode past a house for sale. In a few minutes of Internet research I've found out a bit about it. The property is...
You've Got a Great Offer, But Can The Buyer Consummate It? (Cash to Close and Appraised Value)
As a seller, a purchase offer is not money in your pocket. As a matter of fact, accepting the wrong purchase offer can cost you tens of thousands of dollars if the buyers can't consummate. I recently dealt with...
Mortgage Fraud Is Still Happening - What To Do About It
You would think these nitwits would learn. You would think they'd all be out of the business. Sadly, that is not the case. It started innocently enough. It always starts innocently. This was an email I got (specifics redacted). Hi...
Misplaced Improvements in Real Estate
Every so often I'll say something about misplaced improvements. You may be wondering what a misplaced improvement is. Simply put, it's something that stands out above the surrounding properties so far that they pull it down. Like having a mansion...
When The Buyer And Seller Can't Agree On A Price For Real Estate
"overpriced house offer rejected what next" (Before I get started, I want to make it clear that I am using the same definition of worth found in this article. The property is worth what the seller can actually get a...
If You Need A Loan To Buy A Home, You Need A 60 Day Escrow
Minimum Time was, a few short years ago, when I could reliably do a purchase money loan in two and a half weeks. That has now changed. There are three separate delays of one to two weeks that have been...
Why Do I Want A Buyer's Agent?
Got this search: "should I get a buyer's agent if I've already found a house" The answer is almost certainly yes, but I am going to examine both the pros and cons. Full disclosure: This is most of what I...
When Loan Modification Will Not Help, or Is Not Appropriate
In talking about loan modification, I have said it is not a panacea. Let's look at why not, and situations where it just flat out is not going to work. Loan modification is a strategy for the lender to...
Offers Where The Buyer Knows About A Problem With Your Property
Every once in a while, a listing agent will get an offer in where the Buyer's Agent did their research, got lucky, or both, and the offer indicates that the buyer is aware of one or more problems that really...
How to Succeed at Low Balling on Real Estate
A while ago now, I spent several hours showing properties I had found to a couple of investors. One was a lender owned fixer, fairly priced at $440k. It needed carpet, paint, landscaping, and some facade work. The last comparable...
Altering the Terms of A Real Estate Purchase Contract
A search hit that I got: What is the reasonable amount of notice to give when changing contract terms in California Unfortunately for this person, a real estate contract is not something like Lando Calrissian's bargain with the Empire in...
Earnest Money: Copy of a Check or Proof Of Funds?
There's no question which I'd rather have. It has been traditional for a client to write a check to their broker's escrow account. Sometimes the check is actually deposited, but usually it's just held. It has recently become become a...
How to Effectively Shop for a Buyer's Agent
This is easy. Much easier than effectively shopping for a loan or a listing agent. So easy that a congresscritter can do it. So easy that congressional leadership can do it. The only thing possibly moderately difficult to understand is...
The Escrow Process and Reasons for Falling Out
There are all sorts of reasons why escrow falls through, but they fall into three main categories. They can best be described as failures of qualification, failures of the property itself, and failures of execution. Before I get into the...
The Are No Schools That Teach What A Good Agent Needs to Know
I find it fascinating the number of people who will claim that because no college degree is required to become a real estate agent, that agents can't possibly be worth any significant amount of money. The reason no college...
Negotiation Requires More Than Dueling Ultimatums
Not too long ago, I started negotiating for a property. I did extensive research online, and and I and my clients visited several competing properties. We made an offer that was a little under 90% of the asking price, and...
Rent to Own and Lease With Option to Buy
This has always been a portion of the market, but right now, more and more people are emphasizing it, or at least the ones who are able. Actual Rent to Own is rare these days, a sign that the...
The Basics of What Should A Buyer Offer (and Should You Even Make An Offer)?
Dan, Okay, so now I'm in the process of just making an offer on a house and it's already getting confusing despite all my reading. It would have been worse has I not spent all this time reading but just...
Negotiations After the Purchase Contract: Seller's Allowances and Fixing Problems
I had made a request to repair that included $3700 credit for closing costs. I wanted to get things done like safety issues and more critical maintenance issues done. Our estimate said that it would be about $4900 to...
"All of the Good Properties Get Offers So Fast!"
That's way up there on the list of complaints buyer's agents get. Probably number one, definitely no lower than number three, and it's only going to get worse when the markets recover. There's really only one honest response: "Well,...
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