Many agents in our area in the last  few weeks say they have had no calls on any listing in any price range or area , much less one that wants to make a low offer , There was one buyer that was asking questions on another site about a home that was listed ,she said  " I really like the home but think its over priced,and I just don't want to offend anyone with a low ball offer of $10,000 off of a $79,900 listing that has been on the market for 175 days"  She asked many other questions about it but did not make an offer ...any offer  .  The home is on the expired list .  If she likes it so much she should have made an offer ,more than one agent told her just that.

My mind set has changed about the so called low ball offer. The listing agent lied to the home owner to get the listing. I don't care if my client wants to offer $100,000 less than the asking price of $400,000. Any offer is better than NO OFFER. The other agent should thank me and work hard to get it accepted.

That wouldn't be too hard if they tried to tell the truth to the home owner instead of gettng a sign on the lawn with their name on it.

I agree with Gregory.  Any offer is better than no offer.  There is always a chance, no matter how small, that an agreement can be made from a lowball offer.  I actually have had several where the seller eventually came way down and the buyer eventually came up.

I have a listing now that has a $130,000 difference between the seller and buyer.  The seller has been sliding down and the buyer has been creeping up over the last month.  

At the rate of movement they might meet in 3 or 4 months.  I had one last year that took 6 months before we got an agreement and it did close this year.

It takes patience and more patience but it can pay off in the long run.

What else is new?

http://www.nbc.com/Deal_or_No_Deal/game/

Its all a game in the end.....

I agree with Gregory as well - Just BRING ME AN OFFER, and if we need to, we can negotiate from there.  But it can never hurt to "ask" and we can't work with anything if there isn't an offer to even take a look at.  There has to be a starting point.  

It is a game...

When we all line up for teams - If I can be captain I'll pick you first Vance!

Well Cindy , Thank you

I would love to be on your team, have you come up with a Team Name?

or a theme song?

Maybe this for a theme song , nothing is impossible!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSGVCEOjIlQ&feature=related

When a buyer or their agent tells me they really like my listing but they feel it is priced too high, I ask them to tell me ALL the things they like about it (get them to focus on the positives of the property for a little while). When I have gotten them to say as many positive things about it as I can, I enocurage them to make an offer, in a contract of course, and we'll go from there. I say something like, "Since this home has so many of the things you are looking for, let's not walk away, make an offer and we'll see if we can work something out for you."