How To Negotiate For Your Desired Beachfront Home In Naples Real Estate

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  • Author Raul Thore
  • Published August 17, 2011
  • Word count 573

Ah, the inviting white sand stretch and cool breeze breathing out from the blue Gulf, while enjoying that laid-off vacation or permanent stay in your waterfront haven; no wonder beach homes are still considered hot commodities in the housing market, perhaps even in a locality such as Naples real estate for example. As typical single family houses require savvy approaches during negotiations, so does (or all the more) a luxury estate with ocean views and impressive conveniences or amenities. Given below are some tips on how you can achieve smooth negotiations for your chosen beachfront house, say, one among Naples luxury homes for sale.

Hire an experienced, licensed, and trusted real estate agent. Once you have chosen the house, perhaps through Naples MLS or by selecting among Naples homes for sale, then you are out to choose an agent who will be with you the entire home buying process and be particularly useful when negotiating for that property you liked. Often, sellers negotiate first with agents, and not directly with buyers in the beginning. And sometimes, very skilled negotiators can get 1% -3% cut on the price of the said property.

Hand out your well-written offer, along with your pre-approved certificate. You may request from your lender to write a letter to that effect, to show the seller that your loan application has been approved. The seller would not only congratulate you for being and coming in prepared, but would be delighted by the knowledge that you have enough money for down payment.

Gather some information about the seller and the property. Your real estate agent can write the seller's agent, providing the former, of course, with the inquiries you want to address to the seller and about the property on hand. Usual questions include how come the seller want to dispose or sell the house, how long the house had been on the market, how urgent it is that they want to make the sale, etc.

Squeeze out your creative bargaining juices! If you are in a seller's market, then you probably need to be more creative to negotiate with the seller, because he could have received several offers, as his house may have a significant value. But if it's a buyer's market - there are more homes on the market (and growing), and sales are said to be slow or even stagnant - that is much favorable for you as the buyer.

Consider other factors that may affect the negotiation proper. If all seemed well; but still, the seller declined your best offer, then, it might have been some other factors which could have triggered such a sad result. It can be anything from trivialities such as how you talk (yes, there are sellers who are that strict), your offering price (you might have thought it to be reasonable, but not to the seller). This just proves that putting money on the table sometimes does not apply to all transactions. And there are blind sides in the transaction that you need to accept, walk away from, and learn lessons from.

These are just a few tips you can use for your journey in your home purchase. It is better to arm yourself for that "hunt," than to be caught off guard, lest, your offer rejected. Then again, if you fail, there are other houses for sale and more reasonable sellers in Naples real estate or in any other location for that matter.

Raul Thore considers the beach as his writing desk and writes content articles on home-buying tips and real estate. Find luxurious havens fit for you in Naples real estate and check out Naples homes for sale.

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