How To Make Your Offer Stand Out

Published On: May 13, 2019|Categories: Blog, Buyers, Home Buyers, Real Estate, Tips, Life Hacks & How-to|Tags: contingency, earnest money deposit, inspections, making an offer|

Are you a homebuyer about to make an offer on your dream home? Then you will want to make sure that your offer stands out! The first thing that we will need in any offer to be taken seriously by the seller is a pre-approval from a lender. It shows that you’re serious about buying their home and that you’re capable of getting a mortgage for the amount of your offer. Sellers simply don’t waste time on homebuyers who don’t have a pre-approval letter from a lender.

Sellers don’t like seeing a lot of contingencies, so try to eliminate as many contingencies as you can. If you have the cash flow to handle two mortgages for a little bit if your own home doesn’t sell, waiving the contingency of the sale on your current home can put the seller more at ease. You generally don’t want to and often aren’t able to waive the inspection contingency, but you can shorten the window of time in which you’ll get the inspection does. That can set you apart from other buyers as well.

Next, include a decent earnest money deposit. If you have the funds available, consider making your earnest money deposit show how serious you are about the home. We can help you figure out the appropriate amount for the deposit. Obviously, making your offer your best offer based on solid research to comparable houses that have sold in the area also shows the seller that you are serious. You’re not out to play games, you just want your dream house. We’ll help make sure that your offer is appropriate. Remember, we want to get you into a house too, so don’t be afraid to let us help you out when it comes to deciding how much to offer!

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