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Digestible Real Estate

The word โ€œconcessionโ€ makes it sound like the seller is giving something upโ€ฆ but thatโ€™s completely misleading. ๐—” ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฟโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜†๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด. It simply lets the buyer borrow a little extra in their mortgage so they can cover their own closing costs. ๐Ÿ’ตโœจYour bottom line as the seller stays exactly the same, and ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—น๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ผ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜, not even for the tiny increase in transfer tax that comes with the higher contract price. โœ”๏ธA concession still needs to be supported by the appraisal, of course. ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒโ€™๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฟโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚: ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ป. ๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ๐Ÿ“„๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฟโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€๐—ผ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ to more buyers, especially if the property needs some TLC. Buyers get to keep more cash available for renovations, repairs, and updates, which often leads to a faster offer and a smoother deal overall. ๐Ÿ”ง๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ’›

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