You are in the market to buy a home and you found a house that's ideal for you - it is in the right location and meets all your "needs" and "wants". The price is the only thing that is keeping you from making an offer, because you feel that it is more than you can afford.
How can you improve your odds of the owners accepting an offer that is much lower than their asking price?
In addition to a market justification for a low offer (your Buyer's Agent can provide the comparable sales) an important strategy you should use is to make your offer as "clean" as possible by not ask for special conditions or contingencies.
Include a full pre-approval letter from your local lender with your offer to purchase (ask your lender to write the letter on their letterhead and include the ADDRESS of the property you intend to buy, without any dollar amounts, to avoid showing your hand to the Sellers).
Offer a larger-than-usual earnest money deposit to persuade the sellers that you are a serious buyer and to make it harder for them to "just say no".
Each situation is different, but the "cleaner" your offer is perceived to be, the more likely the Sellers are to accept it!
Use our experience! Call us on 843-900-0155 so that we can guide you through the process!