We have been buying real estate but we are making an offer on our first short sale and I am not familiar with short sales and I know every house and market is different but I was wondering what % do you usually go in on a short sale... meaning if a house is listed at $100k what would your low ball offer be?

*Buyer must exercise patience*. $2500 earnest money deposit required to be held by LA.

I can see how that was a bit of a curve ball - thanks for the reply

Get over the shame of low balling and see what it can do to your numbers.Tim

Yeah Jason says you can just walk away... however if you want to be black balled and possibly screw over a seller then go ahead.

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Make an offer, get them playing ball.

I was considering making an offer, a very low-ball offer, to see where she REALLY stands.

Currently we are “slowly†working on several shortsales and sending out many low ball REO offers hoping for a bite.

But, it will be a long time before the price comes down to $70K.Buying a particular REO is an exercise in heartbreak.