4 Ways to Make Your Offer Stand Out

If you’re searching for a home for sale in Aspen, Basalt, Carbondale, Snowmass or Woody Creek, it probably won’t be long until you find the perfect place.
And when you do, you really want your offer to stand out. If it doesn’t, you run the risk of losing your dream home to another buyer.

Come up with a large earnest money deposit
Offer to rent the house to the seller for a while
Be flexible on your closing date
Pay your own closing costs

Come Up With a Large Earnest Money Deposit

The larger your earnest money deposit is, the more likely your offer is to stand out to the seller. Typically, you can expect to pay between 2 and 5 percent of a home’s sales price – and to stand out, you want to be on the higher end of that spectrum.

Offer to Rent the House to the Seller for a While

If the seller is working on his or her own timeline, it might be beneficial for you to offer to let them rent it for a limited time. Their timeline might hinge on a new house being completed, a work relocation or a number of other factors.

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Be Flexible on Your Closing Date

If it’s not going to throw you off, be flexible on your closing date. Sometimes sellers need just a few extra days (or a month) before they can comfortably close – and if you offer them that flexibility, your offer will stand out.

Pay Your Own Closing Costs

Rather than asking the seller to pay your closing costs, offer to take care of them yourself. That puts more money in the seller’s pocket – and if you’re the only buyer who’s offered to pay them, you might just win the home.

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