What offer shoul I do?

[Namita Mittal]

I am a new investor. But today, I am looking for a house for primary residence. I love this house. It's in a hot sellers market but this house has been on the market for 150 days (i.e. from early 2017). The house is listed for 725k now. They dropped the price from $800k to $725k. Nothing seems to be wrong with the house except that it has a septic which is common in this part of the Hillsborough NJ town. What offer can I put for it? Per REI classes, we should never buy retail even for primary residence (if possible). I want to put a competitive offer but without offending the seller (who is a proud first time owner for ~21 years). Looking forward to your suggestions and guidance.