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You might have a shitty agent. Sometimes offers are dismissed because the listing agent doesn't like the buyer agent. If you like the house, have your agent call the listing agent and find out what the owner wants. There's funny psychology with home buyers and owners. Everything is taken personally and both parties think agents are worthless (in some cases that's actually true.) At the very least, you should have a signature on the RPA to confirm that the offer was rejected. Your agent should have already talked to the LA to find out why there was no counter. Your agent needs to ask the LA, "what will it take to get into escrow?" and you should have an answer, immediately. Otherwise, think about replacing your agent. I don't have your offer in front of me so I can't say what the seller may have objected to, but it can be beyond offer amount and contingency of house sale. That is a significant contingency these days. Seller may have said yes earlier but changed their mind. Either way, you should know. Seller might also think that we are heading into prime buying season and he will get his price soon because values are still climbing. As for the weird psychology mentioned earlier, why is writing another offer a "waste of time"? It literally takes seconds with docusign. I would wait to submit another offer before your agent gets more details from LA. But that shouldn't take more than a day.

There's some questionable advice in this thread or I'm not reading it correctly. I've purchased dozens of properties over the past 20 years to flip, rent or for my primary residence. My brother is a real estate broker who has completed hundreds of transactions. 1. The buyer pays for the inspection. Inspectors recommended by agents are perfectly fine. Just do your own research on the inspector (yelp). 2. Most people hate their homeowner policies. Read the fine print. Sometimes they come through and many times the new homeowner is being unreasonable. Overall, it helps people sleep at night because buyer thinks the house is going to fall apart after purchase. 3. If you are getting significant seller concessions in this market, you are buying an overpriced home.

As you should.

Does Albert get to 700?

It's just another homerun. And another man's cumulative accomplishment. Now if he were to triple backflip his rolls royce off a dirt mound...

Not a new rule, otherwise only a handful of members can post on AW...learn funny.

New rule: learn the definition of a joke.

New rule: No speculating on AW. (even if the speculator expressly states, "i think, i'm guessing, etc.")

Ever try a rower?

https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2017-04-26/man-fined-500-for-criticizing-traffic-cameras-with-math

IIRC...From the Fox Sports article, Trout wanted either 4 years or 13 years. They settled at 7 years. This allows Trout to hit FA before he turns 30. Thanks Arte.

Kale erryday.

And there's also this: During extensive negotiations in Spring Training, Trout's agent, Craig Landis, briefly floated the idea of a lifetime contract that could've looked something like the deal Stanton ultimately signed with the Marlins. "It never really got off the ground," Landis said then. "The Angels weren't that interested. They couldn't really make an offer. So, we crossed that off as a possibility." If not something really long, Landis wanted Trout to go into the free-agent market before age 30, setting him up to sign a landmark deal. In turn, the Angels -- who, like most teams, were against including a player option -- wanted to buy out as many free-agent years as possible. Both sides settled on three, and everyone basically agreed on one major point: Trout should be the highest-compensated player relative to service time at every juncture of his contract. http://m.angels.mlb.com/news/article/101826708/giancarlo-stantons-deal-brings-mike-trouts-more-into-focus/

They fit right in. I'm sure they'll make hunting buddies in no-time.

I pretend to know what? In your case it isn't the amount you spec, rather how incorrect you tend to be...."Angels will rebuild if Tex leaves," "Dipoto will never find another GM gig," etc. You act as if you have inside knowledge because you are connected to some beer league scout.

It was reported by Fox Sports.

Fact: You have the worst record on AW when speculating. And second worst with regards to writing coherent posts.

The Angels had their chance and blew it. I'm guessing Trout is looking back thinking, "what was I thinking asking for 13 years?"

Word is that Trout wanted 13 years but Arte said, no.

no wonder everyone is so fat. even if you can't run like you used to, you can still maintain a lean body without losing strength. ap still suits up as a pro athlete. he can easily stay in great shape. instead he is battling sosh on the race to 350lbs.