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NoDiscount.com is now Homeselling AI

Over the past 20 years and according to the US Copyright Office ( recorded as public record ) on Copyright.gov:

2003: We invented a scientific PROCESS to sell real estate using each letter of the word P-R-O-C-E-S-S as a scientific element to automate the slow, tedious, and random home selling tasks that cause agents to be slow and costly. Copyright# TXu001187679

2005: We wrote How to Buy or sell your home in 1 minute to put the P-R-O-C-E-S-S to work by increasing agent performance and lowering commission. Copyright# TX0006546631

2007: We copyright protected details on The Automatic Way To Get Offers using the PROCESS.. Copyright TXu001593595

2007: We received a US Registered Trademark for NoDiscount. Professional investors and brokers from the US to Canada and Australia licensed our NoDiscount P-R-O-C-E-S-S to beat market offers and guarantee properties from selling at discounts. Reg# 3209158

2008: We received a US Registered trademark for The Automatic Way To Buy And Sell Real Estate. Registration# 3428952

2009: We created the first AI platform by aggregating answers to billions of questions through text messaging in partnership with one of the largest mobile phone companies. Unfortunately the real estate market crashed.

2020: We received a US registered trademark for Turn Your Smartphone Into A Real Estate Agent! Registration# 6112691

2021: We wrote We’re taking the SCARY out of real estate. Copyright# TX0008989430

2022: The US Patent & Trademark Office reapproved my NoDiscount trademark for real estate ( reg#6915937 ) and educational services in sales and marketing ( Reg# 6221143 ) .

Ai became a hit in 2023 — about 14 years after we created the largest Ai text messaging platform in 2009.

2023: Our parent company, Forsalebyweb.com, is proud to announce the most innovative brand in homeselling AI — Homeselling.AI. We’re using AI to power the same U.S. Copyright protected P-R-O-C-E-S-S to change the real estate industry forever!

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Are guaranteed cash offers worth it?

You’ve seen it advertised on billboard, TV, radio, social media, and perhaps even received a postcard inviting you to receive a free offer for your property. What’s the catch-22?

Well there is no catch. Every offer is a guaranteed offer whether it is from a large company, cash buyer, investor, or retail buyer. That said a guaranteed offer is almost always a wholesale offer — A discounted offer.

Guaranteed offers are designed for the homeowner who wants to avoid the hassle of showing their homes to strangers. The cost for the convenience can range 10-30% in price discount.

If this sounds like you, then a guaranteed offer can be your best friend. Closing can be quick with a flexible move-out date.

However be mindful of the difference between a quick offer and a quick closing date. Many of these guarantee offers are provided instantly over the web but requires 2-5 days for inspection. It is during these 2-5 days that the guaranteed offers can require additional discounting for minor repairs and major work.

A better alternative to receiving wholesale offers via the guaranteed cash offer programs is to compare them.

Compare wholesale offers with retail offers in real-time. The difference could mean $5000 to $50,000, or more for you!

It is worth noting that many investors and real estate companies promote cash offers as a benefit to closing in 5-14 days. The reality is that many cash offers actually take 30-45 days to close.

Perhaps the greatest surprise for the inexperienced homeowner is that a competent real estate professional should be able to direct any buyer to lenders who; also — can guarantee closing in 3-7 days!

If a quick closing is your objective then there are better options than selling at a discount. What you really should be seeking is a lender who can close fast. Like 3-7 days fast.

In fact, unbeknownst to the inexperienced homeowners, most guaranteed cash offers ( almost all ) include assignment clauses or require double closings on the closing date in order to fund sales through private lenders.

A genuine guaranteed cash offer can close as quickly as 3-7 days. To know which offer is best for you compare wholesale to retail offers in realtime.

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Moving Companies On Your Mind?

Asking your best friends or relatives to help move can be an uncomfortable task. What if your besties say “NO?” Will that paint a different picture of the individuals you had expected a YES?

It’s unfortunate that the cost of moving isn’t often included in the purchase offers ( they can and sometimes do ) because moving expenses can add up to thousands. First-time homeowners typically have less personal items to move and more frequently than not doesn’t include items from the apartment. Many new homeowners are anxious to begin a new-found beginning as homeowner that includes new furnishing, appliances, and matching window protectors. However move-up buyers regularly find themselves seeking professional help.

If you are the type who doesn’t want to burden friends with your moving politic the following questions are worth exploring prior to signing or making a deposit to retain a professional moving company.

Moving companies typically will quote by the hour and number of movers to complete a job. Due to insurance and other liability reasons it isn’t customary to hire only one mover thinking that you’ll need only an extra set of hands. Most moving jobs will require two or more workers and many companies are quick to recommend 2-4 workers at $120-$300 per hour, with a two hour minimum. The value added is that more workers can get the job done faster and thus you will be billed for fewer hours. The downside is that you might not need as much help as initially thought.

Some common questions to ask prior to signing or paying a retainer deposit might include:

1: What is the deposit amount?

2: What is the cancellation or change policy?

3: What is the guarantee if the moving company or workers failed to show up?

4: When does billing start? Does billing start when the workers arrive at your apartment or home? Does it start when the truck departs their place of business? Are you billed for travel time to and from pickup?

5: Are you charged by the hour or # of items moved, packed, installed, uninstalled, assembled/disassembled, unpacked? If hour, will you be charged in 15 minute increments, whole hour, per minute?

6: What if you go over the estimated billing time? What is the surcharge?

7: Will you receive a refund if actual hours worked will be less than the hours quoted?

8: What other fees are included with the quote? Consumable fee? Recycling fee? Gas fees? Transportation fee?

9: Who is responsible and how much is billed for the moving truck?

10. Are all the miles included in the rental truck?

11. Is the moving company insured and licensed? What does it cover?

It is worth noting that existing homeowner policies and rental insurance might already include accidental damage to personal properties. In the event your smartphones, computer, electronic devices, and other personal items become damaged while moving a simple call to the insurance agent could save you thousands.

Armed with the above information you should be able to determine which moving company can provide the best value for your money.

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FTC Stops Cashbuyer OpenDoor From Misleading and Cheating

Institutional home buyer OPENDOOR has been hit with a $62 million fine for cheating and lying to consumers about cost and savings by not selling homes on the open market.

“Opendoor promised to revolutionize the real estate market but built its business using old-fashioned deception about how much consumers could earn from selling their homes on the platform,” said Samuel Levine, Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection. “There is nothing innovative about cheating consumers.”

Thousands of consumers have been lured by the promise of no headache home selling without understanding the risks and true cost of selling without open market offers.

The bottom line is an OpenDoor offer should be treated as simply another offer.

https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2022/08/ftc-takes-action-stop-online-home-buying-firm-opendoor-labs-inc-cheating-potential-sellers

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Pay Per Offer Is Here!

Instead of the usual 1-7% real estate commission without a guarantee, try Pay Per Offer.

In the founding days of One Minute Home Selling we wanted to focus on creating a most efficient way to generate offers for properties. We didn’t want real estate commission to get in the way of profit. It didn’t matter whether our users were paying 10% commission or zero what they really wanted was the most profit from the sale of a property.

It was a difficult task — and difficult conversation — to determine whether paying commission could produce better result than going for sale by owner. As debates between hiring Realtors vs. Selling by owner raged on the internet it became evident that it was only a matter of time when offers including commissions could be compared in real-time.

Here we are in 2022! Now you can compare offers side-by-side and pay per offer received.

This has been the greatest innovation for the industry since the birth of the multiple listings service ( mls ) almost 90 years ago.

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Can your real estate agent answer these ten questions?

  1. What kind of guarantees do you offer when I list my house?

2. How can I receive cashback when I buy?

3. Can you explain the process you follow when submitting and receiving offers?

4. How is your company responding to the mandate by the US Department Of Justice and FTC regarding the new commission regulations?

5. How has your company utilized technology to increase value for consumers?

6. As a seller: Can I see all the offers submitted right away?

7: As a buyer: Do I have the option to be notified of the highest current offer on a property?

8. How soon can you submit my offer?

9. Can you explain to me how real estate commissions are shared between agents in a transaction?

10. Why is it important for agents to respond to buyers and sellers in one minute?

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How can the highest offer still lose out on a home?


In hot markets across the United States the status quo presumption is that the highest offer will win in a bidding war.  However many agents and their buyers find themselves frustrated, heartbroken, exhausted, and sometimes stuck between buying a home they don’t fully “feel home,” losing out on a new job, living far from family, even worse facing the dread of having to renew a lease on an apartment they’ve been dreaming of saying “good bye.” 

Many buyers start out on a home searching journey with hope, optimism, dreams, and a sense of control over what , when, and where they want to call home.  They’ve searched Realtor.com, Zillow, Trulia, Redfin, and every real estate website out there to make sure that they haven’t missed out on their dream home.  Their mobile phone is charged and always on so that they can be the first to book the next new listing to hit the market.  Unfortunately, after losing out on several homes that they want the reality begins to hit hard that there’s a possibility that their dream home will simply be a regular home.  It is this fear of losing out on a property or simply losing out to someone else that prompts buyers to become guerilla buyers. 

What are guerilla buyers? 

Well — A typical guerilla buyer often begins his journey like this.  Agent A lists a property on the market.  Guerilla buyer receives alert that a new listing has just hit the market.  Without even calling a real estate agent, the guerilla buyer is in his car enroute to see the listing.  He then emails or texts his agent to book a showing.  Within a couple hours of receiving confirmation of the booking, he receives another alert that the newly-found listing had received multiple offers.  Guerilla buyer rushes to tour the property only to find a second email or text alert that the Seller had instructed the listing agent for a “Highest & Best” offer with a deadline..  

Within minutes of receiving the message Guerilla buyer instructs his agent to perform due diligence on the lowest price the seller might accept.   The buyer’s agent is often left with few options that might include reaching out to the listing agent with several probing questions like:

“How has traffic been for property ABC?”

“Do you have any offers on hand?”

“Would the seller consider a contigent offer?  Just trying not to waste everyone’s time, if not.”

What can my clients do to make their offers stand out?

Would you consider an offer of $279,000? 

“I just have a quick question about property ABC, can you givec me a call me back” 

“When will you present the offer to the seller?”

“Is there a closing date that would stand out for your seller?

“Is there anything you can legally share with me that would important for your seller?”

Such questions to a listing agent are often responded with “My seller is looking for the highest and best offer.” 

If the seller had received a great number of offers on the table, he will have to first compare them and then attempt to negotiate individually with each potential buyer (or at least the top offers). This requires a lot of back and forth and emotional toll on all sides, as they counter offer, wait, and possibly receive a counter offer from the buyer. And they’ll have to do that multiple times.  However– the seller and their agent might choose an easier option. They might send out a call for the “highest and best offer.” This usually comes with a deadline so to create urgency for committment.  .

When you hear this from a seller, they’re essentially letting buyers know they have received multiple good offers. And instead of wanting to negotiate with each buyer, the seller wants to streamline the process. They only want the best offer, no negotiating and no counter offer.

Once the deadline passes, they’ll evaluate all the offers they’ve received and choose one. 

What are sellers looking for in a “highest and best” offer?”

“Highest and best” means that the seller has multiple offers and feels s/he doesn’t have the time or desire  to haggle back and forth or go through hundreds of pages of offers to find the golden offer.  Instead he wants to get a final best offer from each buyer,  But a highest and best offer doesn’t often mean the highest offer  When you’re putting together a highest and best offer, it’s important to remember sellers aren’t just going to look at the amount of money you’re offering.  While important — money is only one motimvational factor.  Sellers will look at your entire offer as a whole package.  Sellers will look at everything ncluding what we call SCARY fees.  They’ll weigh everything from Selling commission, closing cost and date, assistance to buyers, repair cost, and yo-yo cost.   These cost can add up to 15-30% discount on the price of a property.  

Consider these examples:

  • $353,000 with $10,000 earnest money, bank financing, 5 day inspection, contingent on buyer selling his home, 60 days to close.
  • $340,000 with $35,000 earnest money, with bank financing, no inspection, no contingency, closing anytime, appraisal guarantee up to $10,000. 
  • $315,000 with $7500 earnest money, with bank fnancnig, no inspection, no contingency, close in 30 days.
  • $290,000. all cash with no inspection, no contingency, close in 10 days.

Which one the seller picks will depend on their goals and their urgency to reach those goals. Understanding the “triggers” that motivate sellers can help you put together an offer that will appeal to them and get you the dream home you want.  

How to not lose in “Highest and Best Offer” Situations

If you are a guerilla buyer committed to placing the winning offer, you’ll have to go all-out to ensure your offer is the most atractive and not lose.  Here are some strategies to help you minimize your chances of losing out on the next round of competitive bidding. 

Offer More Money  — Money talks and the higher your offer is from the rest of the pack the higher the probability that you will win.  However — be mindful that if the offer is too high the property might not appraise which could lead to a bank denial.  If you will be offering a significantly higher offer include an appraisal guarantee.  An appraisal guarantee essentially means the seller is assured that in the event the property fails to appraise the buyer will pay$XXXXX over the appraised amount out of pocket.  Caveat Emptor —  you don’t want to get caught up in bidding that your offer will be more than you can afford. 

Increase the earnest — the earnest is like a guarantee that the buyer makes to the seller ascertaining the buyer is fully committed to closing.  In the event the buyer changes his mind the seller gets to keep a partial or entire earnest money.  Given similar offers and terms, the earnest is often the deal breaker for buyers; in particular, first-time homebuyers who may not be fully prepared and properly educated by their agents before entering into a competitive bidding.   .        . 

Pay in Cash — it’s not unsual to hear of buyers with liquid cash or have rich relatives who can help buy with cash.  After the property closes the buyer can refinance the house into his name.  A cash offer is compelling to sellers because they don’t have to wait for a loan to be approved and all of the paperwork that comes with a loan. It is worth noting that all offers are technically cash offers on the closing day whether they are bank financed or wired out of a buyer’s personal bank account.  A geniune cash offer typically means a purchase offer with a quick closing, ii.e, 24 hours, 7 days or less than 10 days.  It would not make sense for a seller to wait 60-75 days for a cash offer when a customary bank financed offer can close in 30 days.  Flexible sellers may not see the same advantage of a cash offer as someone in need of immediate cash.        

Get Pre-Approved — in a slowing market where there are few offers the listing agent or seller may offer a courtesy call to remind buyers to include a bank preapproval letter.  In a hot market the seller or his agent may not have the time or desire to request one.  ALWAYS INCLUDE A PREAPPROVAL LETTER.  

When possible, add an Escalation Clause  — if you want to be sure your offer is for the highest dollar amount on the table without overpaying, the escalation clause might do the job.  An escalation clause offers to net the seller $xxx over the highest bid or another amount.  — up to a specified maximum price.  This is often followed by a requirement that proof of a higher offer is provided.    For example,if there is a bid higher than yours, you’ll increase your bid in increments of $1,000 above the highest bid, up to $450,000.  

Relax on the Contingencies:

Contingencies and concessions are clauses in a contract that will allow you to back out of a sale if the contingency or demand isn’t met.  Some contigencies can be written to include or forfeit the earnest money.  Common contingencies include:

  • Home Inspection:  The house must pass inspection.  Be careful here — Every preconstructed homes has imperfections and sellers might not want to entertain an offer that could take their property off the market.  Sellers know — AND THEIR AGENTS WILL REMNID THEM — that when a property is put back on the market after an inspection it loses a significant number of buyers.  Sellers are also aware — AND THEIR AGENTS WILL REMIND THEM — that home inspections are regularly used as a negotiation opportunity to discount price.     
  • Financing Contingency:  a bank loan is customarily accepted but don’t get too creative that the offer becomes SCARY to the sellers.  Sellers are not going to take the chance that your Rich Uncle will write a check for earnest money or that you are waiting for an insurance settlement to pay off the house. 
  • Appraisal Contingency:  the house must appraise for at least the offer amount.  What if it doesn’t?  The appraisal contingency could find a difficult day to win over an appraisal guarantee.  
  • Home Sale Contingency: you house must sell before you close on this one.  This carries a relatively high risk in a hot moving market for sellers because what if something comes along to cancel the sale of your house?  

Seller Concessions/Contributions

  • Seller financing — asking a seller to carry a note or wait for his money is call owner financnig.  In slow markets this may be the only way for sellers to sell a property.  In hot markets sellers are less likely to entertain such offers.   .  
  • Seller Contribution:  closing cost assistance is important for first-time buyers and buyers without sufficient down payment requirement.  Asking a seller to help pay for 2-6% closing cost is the same as asking him to discount his house for 2-6%.  Since the builk of closing cost is charged to the buyers, sellers will expect a higher price.    
  • Home Warranty:  before you demand a home warranty from a seller be sure the other offers are not waiving inspections.  A scenario that can compell a seller to include a home warranty is a property that has languished on the market without a buyer with an unmotivated seller or one that is financially trapped from selling at less than full price.  In this situation a home waranty in exchange for a full price could prove to be successful.       

Closing Date

Even if you offerred the highest price you could still lose out on the closing date.  Some sellers prefer a quick close, and others prefer a longer closing as they, too, must purchase a replacement home.  Perhaps they want to wait to finish a school year or meet a new job start date.

Buyer Agent Commission:

Who is paying the buyer agent commission?  While it is customary for the seller or listing agent to pay the buyer’s agent commission, increasing number of buyers are choosing to pay for their own agent. This nets a higher amount to the seller and motivates sellers to consider their bottom line. .  

Avoid Sunset Clauses

A Sunset clause typically allows the buyer to exit a contract with a deadline.  Few sellers prefer these clauses unless the price and terms are clearly and significantly superior in almost every way.  A high cash offer comes to mind.  .   

A Personal Letter

In tightly competitive markets a personal letter could be your secret weapon to win the hearts and minds of sellers.  Remember sellers are humans too and they understand and prefer someone who will carry-on the torch of a place they call home.  Put your letter writing skills to the test and connect emotionally with the sellers.  Point out things you might have in common to deepen your connection.  However, be very cautious about what you include in the letter so as not to violate the Federal Fair Housing Act.  Consult with your agent or attorney before writing a personal letter and be mnidful about mentioning whether you belong to a protected class (i.e. race, color, religion, national origin, sex, familial status, disability, affordability, etc..”). 

Keep in mind that a seller may counter at any point in the negotiation process.  While it is entirely possible to request the listing agent or seller for additional consideration after submitting a highest and best offer, chances are highly experienced agents will advise their clients that highest and best should mean just that.  Highest & Best.

Until next time!

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How one special word will change an entire industry


NoDiscount.com was created out of a desire to find a scientific solution to one simple question:  Why take chances selling at a discount with only one or two offers?  Why limit a property to offers from only Realtors or For Sale By Owners?  Throughout this site you will be referenced to the term One Special Word.  It is the acronym PROCESS which is recorded at the U.S. Copyright Office.  Each letter in the PROCESS describes a sequence of moving parts that  enables the technology to aggregate offers from every direction:  

PRICING

RESPONSE

OFFERS

CONVERSON

ESCALATION

SAFETY

SYSTEMATIZE

You see– Most sellers will sell a home fewer than two times in a lifetime.  When you consider a majority will sell using outdated books, real estate agents, and techniques that are complicated, costly, and SLOW they will have missed out on valuable offers and in some cases all offers resulting in selling at significant discounts.

By executing and repeating the One Special Word throughout the home selling process you are guaranteed more offers, higher offers, and faster offers.   Every aspect of the NoDiscount.com site has been designed to execute the PROCESS 24/7/365.  It’s like having the #1 agent working for you all the time. 

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Is it illegal to offer incentives to buyers or sellers?


One of the most common misunderstandings in real estate, mortgage, and the settlement business is the topic of incentives, gifts, discounts, and freebies.  Can you use incentives, gifts, discounts, or freebies to induce or improve the chance of a sale?  

In recent years the Federal Government has been cracking down on one-stop shop incentives and kickbacks for real estate, mortgage, and settlement services providers.  A typical violation involves a scenario where company A offers company B a gift, cash, discount, or other non-bonofide deal to refer business to company B but charges a higher price to Company C, D, E, F, etc..  Clearly this is a restraint on competition and takes away the integrity of a fair market competition.  

Non-bona-fide means the discounts, freebies, incentives, or other financial benefits come with strings attached.  A typical example includes a company A pays company B to receive a client lead whereby company B passes down a higher fee to said client.  The Real Estate Settlement and Protection Act ( RESPA ) was passed in the 1970s to protect consumers from unscrupulous real estate, mortgage, and settlement service providers from colluding or creating schemes that overcharge consumers.  Thus appears to be a lot of fragmented responses on the web regarding this issue both correct and incorrect.  The obfuscation created by many half-experts can position what is a fantastic, permissible, and engenuis promotion into one ripe with uncertainty and suspicion. 

So let’s hear it straight from the regulator’s mouth: 

Real estate settlement act from consumer financial protection board.

In summation:  Unless an individual is paying or receiving discounts or financial benefits for a referral there doesn’t appear to be a violation of Federal law.  State laws; however, can place special limitations on gifts, discounts, freebies, cash and other inducements to parties in a transaction.  A few states allow only licensed individuals to receive or give cash, benefits, or freebies.  

A well informed real estate agent can help to set the expectation and turn what appears to be non-permissable into a great marketing idea.  

Reference: 

Realtor Respa incentives, discounts, freebies

Not all loans violate respa

Hud Violates Respa

Respa For Dummies

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How to Submit An Offer


General Instructions For Offer Submission

At Homeselling AI it takes only a minute to submit an offer summary. After submission you will receive immediate confirmation via email.  To submit an offer summary simply fill out the form as follows:

Property Address: If you arrived via an MLS link or from one of the large real estate portals the property address may have been pre-filled for you. Otherwise type the house #, street name, city, state, and zip code.

Listing #:  If you arrived via an MLS link or from one of the large real estate portals the Listing# may have been pre-filled. Otherwise type in the listing #.   

Listing Price: If the listing price isn’t already pre-filled simply type in the listing price of the property.         

Offer Price:  Type the offer price using only numbers without commas, decimals, or $ signs.   For example, to enter $500,000 type 500000

Earnest Money:  Type the earnest money amount.   Enter only numbers without characters, ie, no commas, $$, /, -, etc..   For example, to enter $5000 type 5000

Closing Date:   Use the calendar to select the month, day, and year of the closing date. If there is a condition or explanation regarding the closing date select SEE COMMENT. 

Buyer Taking Possession:  If the buyer will be taking possession of the property immediately after closing select YES. If NO, explain.

Discount Amount: The discount amount should have been pre-filled for you. The offer form will automatically calculate and display the difference between the offer price and the listing price.

Seller paying additional buyer agent commission: Select NO if the seller will not be paying any money towards the buyer agent commission. Select YES and enter the additional commission amount that the seller will be paying. Be sure to enter only numbers without $ signs, comma, or decimal. If paying the buyer’s agent commission is the responsibility of the listing agent select NO since the seller will not be paying. For example listing agents customarily offer a commission to the buyer’s agent for bringing buyers. If this is the case select NO.

Closing Cost: Will seller be paying any part of the buyer’s closing cost? Select NO or Select YES and enter the amount needed.

Down payment Assistance: Will seller be helping buyer to meet down payment requirement? Select NO or YES and enter the amount needed.

Additional Assistance: Select NO or Select YES and explain how much is needed. An example of additional assistance could be a rental truck for moving, new paint job, paint holes, windows, carpets, doors, or even a second mortgage. Be sure to explain in detail.

Repairs If the seller will be paying for any repairs whether before or after the inspection select YES and explain in detail and amount needed.

Replacing item or material as a sale contingency: Select NO or Select YES and explain the amount needed.

Anything Else? If there will be other expenses not already included above enter YES and explain the amount needed.

Buyer Requiring Inspection? If buyer will be waiving the inspection select NO. Select YES if buyer will be requiring inspection and enter the total number of days needed to complete the inspection. Enter numbers only. For example if buyers will require 4 days to complete inspection type the number 4.

Paying All CASH: If buyer will be paying all cash to purchase the property, select YES. If NO you may UPLOAD a bank/lender pre-approval letter. Uploading a bank or buyer letter with your offer summary will strengthen your chance of winning.

Loan Amount: Enter the total amount of the purchase that will be in loan. For example if the buyer will be paying 20% down on a $100,000 property the loan amount will be $20,000. Enter 20000. Do not enter $, comma, percentage sign ( % ), or decimals. ENTER ONLY NUMBERS and DO NOT SPELL OUT THE LOAN AMOUNT.

Down payment:  Type down payment amount that will be required by the bank.  If there is no down payment required leave blank or type the number 0 ( zero ). Remember do not type characters, commas, decimals, $$, %, /, -, etc..   For example, to enter $500,000 type 500000 

Other financing:   If you will be requesting or offering other types of financing select one of the options. Select NONE if no additional financing is needed. Otherwise select Contract For Deed, Lease To Own, Trust, Option To Purchase, or See Comment Below to make a special request or provide detail explanation.

Sale contingent on sale of property:  Select Yes or NO.   If a bank will be requiring you to sell your existing property before you can purchase this property you must select YES.      

Current Year Property Tax:  Select Seller Pay All, Buyer Pay All, Buyer/Seller Pro Rate, or See Comment Below to provide explanation.

Additional Info/Comment:  This is where you will explain any uncommon, extraordinary, or special consideration in detail, ie.,

Financing:  Buyer is seeking owner financing at 10% interest, 30 year amortization,  balloon payment in 5 years.   Buyer will pay 50% in Bitcoin and 50$ in bank loan.  Buyer is looking to rent for 12 months then pay off.
Inspection:  Buyer request 5 day inspection but will delay due to Holiday. 
OTHER:  Buyer requests the painted trash can, window protection, and lawnmower to be included in the purchase offer.  
OTHER:  Buyer is flexible on closing date but need decision before midnight.

OTHER: Buyer requests that all personal property be removed by the closing date.

OTHER: Buyer requests that all personal property be left after the closing.

Notify me of higher offers:  Check this box to be notified by text or email in the event of a multiple offer AND when there is a higher competing offer. If you do not check this box, you will not be notified. 

Review/Submit Be sure to select Review and confirm that the price and terms of your offer are correct. Make sure the numbers and comments are as intended.  Your offer summary is not final.  If your offer is selected the terms and conditions are subject to further negotiation.  If you have questions please contact the listing agent.