How Do We Know There is Another Offer?

Jay Thompson is a top real estate agent in Phoenix. I run into him occasionally online in various forums and blogs (although I doubt he knows who I am!). Jay wrote a very thought provoking post on his The Phoenix Real Estate Guy blog about multiple offers.

If you have ever been in a competitive bidding situation for a property and lost, you know how frustrating it can be. There are more than a few of my customers that ask the question: “How do we know there is another offer”. Jay rants and then brainstorms about possible, but unlikely ways to validate that there truly is another offer over at The Phoenix Real Estate Guy.

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#1Jay ThompsonMarch 12, 2010, 8:27 am

I know now! Thanks Scott!

Nice place you have here.

I love that my anti-spam word is “evict”.

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