Try, Try Again

Have you ever submitted an offer and had the seller say “Thanks for the offer. Would you like to try again?” I’ve delivered this response as the seller’s agent, as well as received this response as a buyer’s agent. It’s really not a lot of fun to be delivering or receiving this response. If you’re the seller’s agent, it means that someone most likely submitted a low ball offer. Your seller client got excited that

Verbal Offers

When a buyer is interested in a property in the Hartford area and they want to make an offer, it is customary that they sit down with their agent and write up the offer. Most real estate agencies in Greater Hartford belong to the Greater Hartford Association of Realtors and they have standard contracts we use that help facilitate this process. Once an offer is written, it’s presented to the seller’s agent who then presents

Take Your Offer and Shove It

One of a real estate agent’s jobs is to act as an intermediary between buyers and sellers. This part of the job becomes particularly difficult when the buyers and sellers don’t appear to be on the same page. One timely example is with low ball offers. Low ball offers suck. It doesn’t really matter which side of the table you’re on. They just suck. As a buyer’s agent they suck because there needs to be