Disturbing Buyer Trend: Playing Role of Pawn or Shark

[scuba steve]

Sounds like they were just fishing for a desperate seller. On written offers that low in the past I've countered with 99% of the list price. Only one of them was semi-serious, but was too much of a pain to deal with. He was someone who works as a negotiator, but failed to take into account that while he wasted time going around in circles another interested party may show up with a much better offer than his...

[Bideshi]

Originally Posted by manderly6

What would be funny would be to have an unapproved offer on your house for a higher amount to use as a counter argument.

Sure, if you intend to play games rather than sell a house.

[reelstalbert73]

Pay close attention to the offers and do adequate research to ensure that they're legit. Also make sure that your price point is followed rigorously.