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By Daniel Mc Grey on Dec 9, 2009 |Investing
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Veteran investors say that the three most important things in real estate investing are making offers, making offers, and making offers. If you don’t makeoffers, you won’t get counter-offers, you won’t close deals. Thisunderlines the importance of negotiating in the world of real estate.To help you negotiate the best real estate investing deals, here aresome tips you must practice, according to informational website REIwired . Learn to listen. In the course of your real estate investing career,you will often encounter motivated sellers. These are home owners whojust want to dispose of their property. While they are also concernedwith the price you will offer, this is only second in their priority.What they want is to sell the house and sell it fast. These motivated sellers include owners who are struggling withmortgage, recent divorcees, or those who have lost a loved in thatproperty. Bottom line: there is a huge possibility that they have beenthrough a lot and the last person they want to talk to is someone whowants to take away their home for a profit. What you can do is to askthem why they are selling the property. If they open up about theirproblems, listen to their story, REIwired says. After that, proposebuying their home as if you’re giving an advice. Tell them that youunderstand their situation and that you are willing to help them bybuying their property at a certain price. The second tip is standing by that price. According to REIwired,which is an authority in real estate education, you must convince thebuyer that you are willing to help him by giving a reasonable offer.Tell them that you will only be able to aid them if they accept themaximum price you are willing to give. If they don’t agree to youroffer today, leave them a calling card instead. They are likely tocontact you again, especially if no one else offers a bigger purchasingprice for the property. Last but not the least, ask questions you know that answer to. Aclassic example? Ask whether an old house has a bath tub. You know itdoes doesn’t have one but that’s not the point, REIwired notes. Whatmatters here is that you make it appear that you are disappointedbecause the house lacks the “requirements” you are looking for. In thatcase, you are in a better position to negotiate a lower price for thehouse you are buying. Want more tips on negotiating or real estate investing ? Simply visit REIwired today. Google it and be ready to be informed about real estate investing or REI.
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