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Vivian O.
  • Minneapolis, MN
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Have submitted 6 offers so far....

Vivian O.
  • Minneapolis, MN
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So, let me just say, this market is nuts! My boyfriend and I have been actively searching for properties and submitting offers and we don't get picked. Our realtor who also invests in real estate has helped us submit strong offers. A couple weeks ago we submitted and offer on a home with 30 offers! We were too two but still didn't get picked. It has been discouraging. I dont want us to stop looking, hoping the market will change. Cause I dont want us to miss out on potential properties. I'm curious, are any of you buying or bought in this current market? Are you going through the same things? Is there anything different you guys did? 

I also want to add, that we run the numbers and we go based off what makes sense and would give cash flow. 

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Cy Saelens
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  • Los Angeles, CA
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Cy Saelens
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Los Angeles, CA
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Your low down-payment loan is most likely the issue. In hot market, you are against 20-30% down offers (or even cash offers). For sellers, 5% down offer is too risky because it is most likely to fall out of escrow due to low appraisal, problems found during inspections that may impact the loan guidelines... In other words, any little thing can derail the process when a bigger down payment provide a safety net to counter any problems that may rise during escrow ( and problems will happen for sure).

But don't lose hope, a seller may decide to take the risk of going with a lower down-payment offer as long as it has other benefits: Higher price, short contingencies (or no contingencies), short escrow period, hard money upon offer acceptance....

Cy

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