Seller Benefits

Our clients have realized the following benefits based on RMLS statistics and the outcome of our negotiations.

On average, our 2023 listing clients achieved 9% of asking price.
After 25 days on the market, Ed and Elaine received an offer $25,000 below their asking price. We encouraged a second buyer to submit an offer, which came in $15,000 below asking. The first buyers increased only slightly, and when we notified them of the competing offer, they voided their counteroffer and agreed to full price, yielding Ed and Elaine $15,000 more.
After three unsuccessful offers, Whitney received a fourth offer $10,000 below her asking price. By notifying other showing agents, we generated a fifth offer, causing the first buyer to increase to full price, netting Whitney an additional $10,000.
In a challenging market, the initial offer for Martin and Kirstin’s house came in significantly below their asking price. After five rounds of negotiations, we succeeded in getting the buyers to pay over $101,000 more than their initial offer.
After 46 days Michelle’s house failed to sell with another agent. After repositioning and staging the house, it sold for $20,000 above asking price in 2 days.
Tony and Hsinyi received an offer $20,000 below their asking price after 20 days on the market. By following up with other showing realtors, we generated a second offer $9,000 below asking price. We told the first offer they had competition, causing them to increase by $25,000, netting Tony and Hsinyi $9,000 more.

After the home inspection, the buyers of Kirstin and Martin’s house asked for a long list of repairs and a financial credit that totaled over $21,500. We negotiated a $5,765 credit to address everything requested, saving Kirstin and Martin over $15,000.
The buyers of Butch and Thess’s house asked for a $10,000 price reduction and close to $9,000 of drainage work after the home inspection. We found a contractor able to complete the drainage work for $300, and whittled the price reduction down to $6,000, yielding over $12,500 more for Butch and Thess.
The buyers of Michelle’s house requested $31,300 to address basement moisture intrusion, alleged mold and a sewer line replacement. We found less expensive contractors and another to refute the mold claim, settling on $20,282, resulting in over $11,000 more for Michelle.
The buyer of Nick and Tasha’s tenant-occupied rental house asked for $11,000 after the inspection to address leaking bathroom fixtures and associated flooring and sub-floor damage, attic mold, non-working appliances, dry rot and several other issues. We discovered they had padded their request and settled on $6,000, generating $5,000 more for Nick and Tasha.
After the home inspection, the buyer of Whitney’s house asked for $5,000 plus $4,910 in crawlspace work. We settled on $6,000 for everything, saving Whitney $3,900. Delete if no space.

As standard practice, we proactively send information on favorable recent sales to each appraiser to pre-empt valuation problems.

When we received an offer $80,000 above asking price and $55,000 above the second highest offer, we suspected we would have issues with the appraisal. When the appraisal came back $12,000 short, the buyers asked for a reduction in that amount. We succeeded in having the buyers make up half the shortfall, putting another $6,000 in James’ pocket.