Tips and Traps When Negotiating Real Estate: The Key to Negotiating Out of Foreclosure

The Key to Negotiating Out of Foreclosure The single most important point to understand in this example is that Jerry and Pat constantly communicated with the lender. Communication was the key to their ability to get payments delayed and then get an alternative to foreclosure. Consider that if Jerry had never called the lender, had … Read more

Tips and Traps When Negotiating Real Estate: How Does the Commission Impact the Agent’s Role in Selling?

Negotiate the Commission: How Does the Commission Impact the Agent’s Role in Selling? What does an agent do for you? A good active real estate agent who makes a concerted effort to sell your property will do the following. Besides the obvious sales tools such as placing advertising in news­ papers, holding open houses, putting … Read more

Tips and Traps When Negotiating Real Estate: Question Authority

Learn to Act: Question Authority “Question authority” is an old phrase out of the 1960s when the flower children believed that everyone over 30 was the enemy. Of course, all of the flower children are now over 60, so I suppose it no longer applies in a sociological setting. But it does have a special … Read more

Tips and Traps When Negotiating Real Estate: The Real Explanation

Negotiating a Successful Deal: The Real Explanation A few days later, Madeline, their agent, called to say she had found the trouble. The Loves, who were buying Sondra and Dana’s house, had a problem. The Loves’ house had not passed a termite inspec­tion. Some work needed to be done, which the Loves had agreed to … Read more