Belly up to the bar....

[speedylocksmith]

Originally Posted by t-rock

You don't want to insult someone when trying to buy something like that from them.

insult them? You're making the biggest investment of your life. You'll be making payments for 30 years (unless you sell before but you get the point) You're not trying to make friends, you're trying to make a deal.

[marko138]

Originally Posted by speedylocksmith

insult them? You're making the biggest investment of your life. You'll be making payments for 30 years (unless you sell before but you get the point) You're not trying to make friends, you're trying to make a deal.

Ain't that the truth.

[Rider]

[Particle Man]

Originally Posted by Rider

abso-friggin'-lutely

[Ducati Diva]

Originally Posted by speedylocksmith

insult them? You're making the biggest investment of your life. You'll be making payments for 30 years (unless you sell before but you get the point) You're not trying to make friends, you're trying to make a deal.

Agreed! when we found our house it was listed for more than we were willing to pay. We said what the heck and gave them a crazy low ball offer, $40,000 less than they were asking. We figured they would say no but would at least let us know what the bottom line was. Imagine our surprise when they accepted our offer!!!! Then got a bonus after the home inspection brought out the fact that the house needed a few improvements they droped another $10,000 off the price Now even with the fall in the market we are still ahead of the game!

This is a big investment try to make it the best deal you can get!!! All they can do is say no but you never know they may say yes!!

[dReWpY]

shit, i am in an town house now and its a step up from the shitty college houses i was living in, i can only imagine whats its like to have a real place..

[Sixxxxer]

Originally Posted by Rider

Low ball them ~ 10-15% below asking price.

Originally Posted by speedylocksmith

the economy suck ass. Noone can sell, barely anyone is getting approved. Offer 75% of asking price at most to start. You can always go up.

Originally Posted by speedylocksmith

insult them? You're making the biggest investment of your life. You'll be making payments for 30 years (unless you sell before but you get the point) You're not trying to make friends, you're trying to make a deal.

Originally Posted by Ducati Diva

Agreed! when we found our house it was listed for more than we were willing to pay. We said what the heck and gave them a crazy low ball offer, $40,000 less than they were asking. We figured they would say no but would at least let us know what the bottom line was. Imagine our surprise when they accepted our offer!!!! Then got a bonus after the home inspection brought out the fact that the house needed a few improvements they droped another $10,000 off the price Now even with the fall in the market we are still ahead of the game!

This is a big investment try to make it the best deal you can get!!! All they can do is say no but you never know they may say yes!!

Yeah thats the Plan...I dont think I've ever heard of many people paying The actual Asking price for a home on the market.
The House we REALLY Like is Listed at 205,900...I was going to offer 190,000...Buy it seems you guys are suggesting to go lower...However you are right the worst that can happen is the seller says No and Either Re offers back to us or we offer them a Bit more than the original.

House is Sweet though HUGE Shed in the backyard and a 1 car garage with Plenty of room for Multiple Bikes It's a Three Bedroom 1 Bath but we invisioned putting in a second half bath downstairs where the Bar/entertainment room would be since there is plenty of open space down there.

Hopefully soon i'll be posting pictures of it...We gotta make closing first!

[ceo012384]

Originally Posted by t-rock

so in case anyone has wondered why i rarely post anymore, its because i have to go through 3 pages on new posts to find anything that looks interesting at all.

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[Ducati Diva]

Originally Posted by Sixxxxer

Yeah thats the Plan...I dont think I've ever heard of many people paying The actual Asking price for a home on the market.
The House we REALLY Like is Listed at 205,900...I was going to offer 190,000...Buy it seems you guys are suggesting to go lower...However you are right the worst that can happen is the seller says No and Either Re offers back to us or we offer them a Bit more than the original.

House is Sweet though HUGE Shed in the backyard and a 1 car garage with Plenty of room for Multiple Bikes It's a Three Bedroom 1 Bath but we invisioned putting in a second half bath downstairs where the Bar/entertainment room would be since there is plenty of open space down there.

Hopefully soon i'll be posting pictures of it...We gotta make closing first!

I best of luck!!!!! Hope you get the house and a sweet deal doing in the process!

[speedylocksmith]

Originally Posted by Sixxxxer

Yeah thats the Plan...I dont think I've ever heard of many people paying The actual Asking price for a home on the market.
The House we REALLY Like is Listed at 205,900...I was going to offer 190,000...Buy it seems you guys are suggesting to go lower...However you are right the worst that can happen is the seller says No and Either Re offers back to us or we offer them a Bit more than the original.

House is Sweet though HUGE Shed in the backyard and a 1 car garage with Plenty of room for Multiple Bikes It's a Three Bedroom 1 Bath but we invisioned putting in a second half bath downstairs where the Bar/entertainment room would be since there is plenty of open space down there.

Hopefully soon i'll be posting pictures of it...We gotta make closing first!

Actually you're wrong. There's been times where people were paying more than asking prices. The latest being a few years ago during the housing boom. People would list at 200K. Someone would offer 210, then another would offer 220 etc....... Those days are gone for quite a while. It was supply and demand. On your current situation, I would offer 165. If they tell you to fuck off, then ask what they're willing to drop down to, then you offer a bit lower then what they said. Worse case scenario, you can always give them what they say if you REALLY like the house.