@Josie Roman  there was another thread today.. and it was about pre approval letters and one of the posters commented that they were not necessary etc. and back in the day that's probably correct or in a severe buyers market.. but now with this type of fraud forget about market conditions and any other sales type tactics this is for financial safety and human safety ...

If you do deals that skirt laws and regulations, you're not really ethical, that type of person usually has bad credit, they resort to under handed tactics because they are desperate, don't be desperate.

@Elizabeth Wilson  I am on my 5th one this year in PDX  all being torn down.. the homes were not salvageable.. the stench over power even I could not walk in. 

You had the opportunity to bring that potential opportunity to a specific coaching call where Dave would have walked through the transaction with you and offered insights, ideas and negotiation tactics.

Ben-I think you need to try all of those marketing tactics, I think the most important part of this is the result/delivery:Be punctual to appointmentHave an easy to read platform Be thoroughDeliver the report in a timely manner

I also use a combination of sales tactics; agents, flat fee listings, and even deal straight with my end buyers without agents on either side.

I have looked at days on the market before as a potential negotiating tactic and also have looked at days on market for rental rate analysis when researching a market. 

More than likely, you'll have a more sophisticated seller, so I would assume they wouldn't really respond to the yellow letter and postcard tactic.

John Shaub mentions that he likes to get sellers to come to his office first as a screening tactic. 

On a tactical level, if they just did the price reduction a few days ago they probably won't budge much.