{"id":150,"date":"2014-01-13T21:47:03","date_gmt":"2014-01-13T21:47:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fastforwardstories.com\/?p=150"},"modified":"2017-06-20T17:57:28","modified_gmt":"2017-06-20T21:57:28","slug":"what-is-a-counter-offer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/secure.titlecompanywebdesign.com\/uslandtransfer\/what-is-a-counter-offer\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is A Counter-Offer?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script src=\"https:\/\/fast.wistia.com\/assets\/external\/E-v1.js\" async><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"wistia_responsive_padding\" style=\"padding:56.25% 0 28px 0;position:relative;\">\n<div class=\"wistia_responsive_wrapper\" style=\"height:100%;left:0;position:absolute;top:0;width:100%;\">\n<div class=\"wistia_embed wistia_async_whwf41f0od videoFoam=true\" style=\"height:100%;width:100%\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The video puts this in more visual terms, but basically, a seller can respond to a buyer\u2019s offer with changes &#8211; a \u201ccounter\u201d &#8211; that improves the terms.<\/p>\n<p>You need to put yourself in their shoes and construct a modified offer that you think they might take that meets more of your needs. Then it\u2019s their turn &#8211; accept, reject, or construct yet another counter.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s an efficient market process, but beware: clauses and costs matter. Your broker should be closely involved in constructing a counter. Successful bargaining is best done with a win\/win approach where each side is meeting their biggest needs and compromising others to reach an agreement.<\/p>\n<p>Remember that outside conditions like interest rates, and supply and demand, will keep evolving so you\u2019ll need to be patient but decisive to craft an counter-offer that works for both sides.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The video puts this in more visual terms, but basically, a seller can respond to a buyer\u2019s offer with changes &#8211; a \u201ccounter\u201d &#8211; that improves the terms. You need to put yourself in their shoes and construct a modified offer that you think they might take that meets more of your needs. Then [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[27],"tags":[16],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/secure.titlecompanywebdesign.com\/uslandtransfer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/secure.titlecompanywebdesign.com\/uslandtransfer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/secure.titlecompanywebdesign.com\/uslandtransfer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/secure.titlecompanywebdesign.com\/uslandtransfer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/secure.titlecompanywebdesign.com\/uslandtransfer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=150"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/secure.titlecompanywebdesign.com\/uslandtransfer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4922,"href":"https:\/\/secure.titlecompanywebdesign.com\/uslandtransfer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150\/revisions\/4922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/secure.titlecompanywebdesign.com\/uslandtransfer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/secure.titlecompanywebdesign.com\/uslandtransfer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/secure.titlecompanywebdesign.com\/uslandtransfer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}