How to Get the House You Want

So you have been searching for that perfect house. You have seen 100 different ones, but none were exactly what you were looking for. As you drive up to the next house you start to get butterflies in your stomach. You open the front door and immediately know this is the one.

Now what? You just want to board up the house and not let any other buyers look at it. You tell your Real Estate agent to guarantee you can buy this house. Jen McKinnon, over at www.TwinCitiesRealEstateGal.com wrote a great post on to make sure you get that house. Go check it out at Twin Cities Real Estate Gal.com.

1 comment

#1Minneapolis Real EstateSeptember 30, 2008, 8:50 am

Thanks for sharing this info Scott about Jen McKinnon’s blog. Learning how to “sweeten the deal” as buyer’s and as agents is crucial, especially in a multiple offer situation. Even though there are alot of homes for sale here in Minneapolis, we are seeing multiple offer situations. And this sort of information really will help out the consumer. Thanks again!

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