Step 6-Making the Offer

In Colorado, licensed Real Estate Agents are authorized by the Colorado Real Estate Commission to prepare contracts to purchase real estate if the forms used are approved by the Real Estate Commission.

Once you decide which house (and neighborhood) you wish to place an offer on, you will have many decisions to make including:

1. Purchase price you wish to offer

2. Financing terms (all cash or ???): Cash down payment, earnest money deposit, type of loan, interest rate, pre-approval letter

3. Time period for inspection of property

4. Time period for appraisal of property by your lender

5. Time period to review title opinion of property

6. Contingencies you wish to include – for example, the sale of your current residence

7. Time period for loan approval

8. Setting the date and time of closing

9. Presenting the offer to Sellers

10. Negotiating and finalizing any terms and conditions which the Sellers may wish to modify from the original offer presented to them through a counter-offer

Through this entire process of preparing, offering and negotiating the Purchase Offer, I will work closely with you to maintain timely responses and provide market savvy answers to questions as they come up.

(Puzzle Clue- draw a vertical line back to the place where it all began)

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