The banks don’t want to be dealing with counter offers so they request a “highest & bestâ€, which they will either accept or reject.

If i can find silimar ones at a better rate I will try to counter offer and see what they say.

I've emailed the realtor and accepted the counter offer of the seller and hope to have it under contract by tomorrow.

The listing agent might not even be presenting your counter offers knowing they can get a higher price with another investor. 

I was hoping to get a counter-offer and I could go as high as $75k.First off, for an offer with an inspection contingency, How soon should I put my closing date?

I counter offered the daughter that if she wanted to be off the lease as a guarantor I wanted a full year lease.

I've seen properties on there for well over a year and we've bid on the a few times, that one in particular never lowered their counter offer.  

I reviewed the PICRA and have agreed to repair the items on that list, but I counter offered them stating that I will not pay the closing cost.

Plus let’s say you see a place you love in March and put an offer on a house mid-March you might be counter offering for a week or two and then settle on a closing date 6-8 weeks out from then to put you closer to your summer window.

You do not need to share your appraisal with the seller (would actually recommend you don't unless it came under), but share addresses that may show in your favor potentially.If it is still a reasonable price and you're trying to knock some off for the variance, would go for the price per sqft option in terms of calculating the counter offer.