Let's say you get an offer on your home. All the terms and contingency periods of the offer look great, but you want more money.
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Use a counter offer!
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When you counter someone, that means you have accepted all of the terms of the buyers offer, except for the items you list in your counter offer.
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So if everything about the offer looks great except for the $900,000 offer amount, your counter offer will simply say "Purchase price to be $1,000,000".
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Now the buyer knows exactly what you do not like about their offer.
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The buyer can then accept, reject, or counter you back.