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Old 04-16-2014, 12:48 PM
 
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can anybody here explain what Escalation clauses are?
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Old 04-16-2014, 12:52 PM
 
Location: Austin
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curious why cash offer can beat 5000$ more of financial for the seller. Even if it fells after 30 days, few place has a rent house of $5000 . correct?
In the cases in Austin, it's because people are bidding well over asking prices, and cash offers don't have appraisal contingencies like a finance offer. Cash closing don't have other uncertainties either, they just want to close. They close faster and are more flexible in case the seller needs a lease back in order to find their next house. They aren't dependent on an interest rate lock period to close. Lots of issues can arise with a finance offer, especially if they have to sell their current house first. Cash is cash, and it's almost a guarantee of a smoother closing.
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Old 04-16-2014, 02:29 PM
 
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If I was selling a house, I would not even look at the letters; I would just tell the realtor to toss them before they got to me.....
This. Don't really care what the reason is for buying the house.
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Old 04-16-2014, 04:12 PM
 
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If I had a letter from someone talking about how they'd keep my house single-family (or even intact) I'd take a (somewhat) lower offer over an investor who planned to scrape it.
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Old 04-16-2014, 04:55 PM
 
Location: Austin, TX
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If I had a letter from someone talking about how they'd keep my house single-family (or even intact) I'd take a (somewhat) lower offer over an investor who planned to scrape it.
...and then they would go ahead and scrape it, if they so desired.....
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Old 04-16-2014, 05:20 PM
 
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Of course. Don't deny that.
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Old 04-16-2014, 09:28 PM
 
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We just got a house in a hot market - apparently only $1k between all the offers. They said they chose us because I took the time to go and talk to the neighbours and the neighbours really liked us.

can't do any harm to make personal contact.
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Old 04-16-2014, 09:40 PM
 
Location: Lancaster, PA
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Instead of the letter, offer a bucket of Franklin's barbecue or a spot at the front of the line.

Gotta be different these days.
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Old 04-17-2014, 09:48 AM
 
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can anybody here explain what Escalation clauses are?

As noted in the referenced article: "There are several kinds of escalation clauses, but all involve an agreement to top the high bid on a home by a set amount of money — often $5,000, and sometimes more."
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Old 04-17-2014, 12:33 PM
 
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As noted in the referenced article: "There are several kinds of escalation clauses, but all involve an agreement to top the high bid on a home by a set amount of money — often $5,000, and sometimes more."
I wasn't wanting to respond to this, and most other people didn't respond either because these aren't really used in Austin. Most brokerage's attorneys won't allow the language in the contract. The agent's say to "put your best foot forward with your highest and best" and then you submit an offer not at your highest, but at $X amount "but I'll actually go higher if someone else did". That's not your "highest and best offer". You can't say you'll offer one price, BUT THEN you'll actually pay $Y price.

Either put your best foot forward or don't play the game.
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