Blog by Joe Frost

Purchase Contract Negotiations

July 4th, 2009

A good friend of mine is extremely successful negotiating purchase contracts. He buys a lot of investment property, so he's had a lot of practice. But, his process can be applicable to any purchase. Here's his secret.

He always makes 3 offers - that's right 3. The terms of each are slightly different in order to find out what the seller really wants.

For example, he'll make a "cash, as ...