Tips and Traps When Negotiating Real Estate: Negotiating the Price of Income Property

Negotiate on Investment Property: Negotiating the Price of Income Property There are many different methods of determining the value of an investment property. These include capitalizing the income of the property or determining the return on the actual cash invested. However, the most commonly used “quick method” for real estate income property is the gross … Read more

Tips and Traps When Negotiating Real Estate: When Would You Be Better Off Negotiating Directly?

Negotiating without an Agent: When Would You Be Better Off Negotiating Directly? A lot depends on whom the agent represents. Does he or she repre­sent you or the other party? If the agent represents the seller, then he or she cannot fully represent the buyer and vice versa. Thus, in most states today we have … Read more

Tips and Traps When Negotiating Real Estate: Only Work on Issues That Can Be Resolved

Walk Away a Winner – Only Work on Issues That Can Be Resolved TIP Always do the possible first. Leave the impossible till later. You’re a buyer and you offer to purchase a home. You want the seller to accept a lower price, carry a second mortgage, move out within 30 days, and put on … Read more