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... you are far better off with a price of exactly $500,000 than $499,900. While agents can search MLS's using any range of prices, the major consumer real estate portals require that you indicate price using pre-determined amounts. So if someone is looking for a house from $500k - $550k they will not see your house. Whereas, if you price your home at $500k, it will show up in that search as well as searches from $450k to $500k. It just opens your listing up to a large pool of buyers.
What great advice. We concentrate so much on making sure we hit the upper end - which is sort of stupid when you think about it, that we neglect the lower end of the next higher range.
I wish the sellers of the house I'm interested in were as intent on selling as you are.
If you feel you can make the offer (and not remorse later), nothing fails but a try.
Thanks...my realtor acted like I was crazy for suggesting it. Maybe because it's a futile effort.
Might also be that she's not used to it. It's not often that a seller will approach a buyer with an offer..it's not the 'usual' way. But hey..in this market and the way things have changed, if you think there is something you can put in an offer that would entice a buyer to actually bite, what the heck, do it! Perhaps it would be futile but you never know unless you try.
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