Back to everything we do to sell your home
This is an example. The home, the people and every figure are made up to show what you receive. It is not a real sale and not a value for any home.
Example offer review
Every offer side by side, so you compare more than the price: how sure each buyer is to close, what you keep, and what we would say back.
- 3Offers
- $632KHighest price
- $625KMost you keep
- 21Fastest close, days
The highest price is not always the most you keep
Offer 1 protects you if the appraisal is low
You decide, including whether to counter
Every offer, every term
- Our read
Offer 1
$625,000What you keep, about- Price
- $625,000
- Financing
- Conventional, 20% down
- Proof
- Full lender approval letter
- Earnest money
- $10,000
- Due diligence
- 10 days
- Inspection
- Included
- Appraisal
- Covers a $10,000 gap
- Must sell a home first
- No
- Escalation
- None
- Closing
- 30 days
- You move out
- At closing
- Seller pays
- Nothing
Offer 2
$624,000What you keep, about- Price
- $632,000
- Financing
- FHA, 3.5% down
- Proof
- Pre-qualification only
- Earnest money
- $5,000
- Due diligence
- 14 days
- Inspection
- Included
- Appraisal
- Standard
- Must sell a home first
- Yes, theirs is not yet listed
- Escalation
- Up to $640,000 in $2,000 steps
- Closing
- 45 days
- You move out
- At closing
- Seller pays
- $8,000 toward closing costs
Offer 3
$618,000What you keep, about- Price
- $618,000
- Financing
- Cash
- Proof
- Bank statement for the full price
- Earnest money
- $15,000
- Due diligence
- 7 days
- Inspection
- Included, for information only
- Appraisal
- None needed
- Must sell a home first
- No
- Escalation
- None
- Closing
- 21 days
- You move out
- Up to 7 days after, free
- Seller pays
- Nothing
Made-up offers. "What you keep" here is the price less what the seller pays, before the usual costs of sale.
Your net, offer by offer
Offer 1
- Price
- $625,000
- Seller credit
- $0
- Title, escrow and recording, about
- -$2,400
- Your net before brokerage fees and your mortgage payoff
- $622,600
Offer 2
- Price
- $632,000
- Seller credit
- -$8,000
- Title, escrow and recording, about
- -$2,400
- Your net before brokerage fees and your mortgage payoff
- $621,600
Offer 3
- Price
- $618,000
- Seller credit
- $0
- Title, escrow and recording, about
- -$2,400
- Your net before brokerage fees and your mortgage payoff
- $615,600
Made-up figures. A real net sheet uses your own costs, the fees in your listing agreement and your payoff from your lender.
How sure each buyer is to close
- Offer 1high
Full loan approval, 20% down, and they cover a $10,000 appraisal gap
- Offer 2low
Only pre-qualified, a 3.5% down loan that appraises strictly, and they must sell a home not yet listed
- Offer 3highest
Cash with proof, a short review period, and no appraisal
The offer timeline
- Fri6 pmOffers due; every agent told the same deadline
- Sat10 amWe review every offer with you, side by side
- SatnoonYour answer goes out: accept, counter or decline, to each buyer
- Sun6 pmCounters expire
What you keep, offer by offer
Bars start at $600,000 so the gaps show.
Our read
Offer 2 has the highest price but asks for $8,000, the longest wait and the sale of a home that is not on the market. Offer 1 keeps nearly the same and protects you if the appraisal comes in low. We talk it through and you decide, including whether to counter.
Greg JamesYour agent
What we would say back
- Counter Offer 1 at $629,000 with 7 days of due diligence: the appraisal gap they offered protects the higher price
- Tell Offer 3 a higher cash offer is welcome before Sunday 6 pm, without naming any other price
- Thank Offer 2 and ask them to come back once their home is under contract
You decide every answer. Nothing goes to a buyer until you say so.
Greg prepares the real one
For your home, from the actual sales near you.
