The Butler Team
Windermere
Sunny and Greg Butler . : : . Call Direct: 206-300-7078 . : : . Email: butler@windermere.com
Make It Easy!
Homebuyers sometimes scuttle their home purchase by making it difficult
for the sellers to say "YES!" Instead of making a clear, concise offer to
purchase, they complicate it by including too many "ifs, ands, buts, and
wherefores."
Pretend you are a homeowner. Your home is priced fairly at $875,000. The buyers' offer reads: "Price is to be $855,000. Sellers are to pay all closing costs. Buyers have up to six months to sell their existing home, and may cancel the contract at any time. Sellers agree to leave microwave oven and riding mower at no cost to buyers. Inspections must be satisfactory to buyers, and sellers agree to pay up to $8,000 for needed repairs."
Get the picture? Where does it all end? How can the sellers predict a satisfactory outcome? The offer is so confusing and requires so many concessions.
The alternative is a clean offer, one which is easy to accept. Informed buyers first get a solid loan commitment from a mortgage lender. Then, knowing their financial limits, they make a firm offer, accompanied by a sizeable deposit and an early closing date. If money concessions are required, they are totaled and presented as a single request.
The result can be prompt acceptance from grateful sellers. With all the facts clearly included, their decision is an easy one - "YES!"
Pretend you are a homeowner. Your home is priced fairly at $875,000. The buyers' offer reads: "Price is to be $855,000. Sellers are to pay all closing costs. Buyers have up to six months to sell their existing home, and may cancel the contract at any time. Sellers agree to leave microwave oven and riding mower at no cost to buyers. Inspections must be satisfactory to buyers, and sellers agree to pay up to $8,000 for needed repairs."
Get the picture? Where does it all end? How can the sellers predict a satisfactory outcome? The offer is so confusing and requires so many concessions.
The alternative is a clean offer, one which is easy to accept. Informed buyers first get a solid loan commitment from a mortgage lender. Then, knowing their financial limits, they make a firm offer, accompanied by a sizeable deposit and an early closing date. If money concessions are required, they are totaled and presented as a single request.
The result can be prompt acceptance from grateful sellers. With all the facts clearly included, their decision is an easy one - "YES!"
