How We Got Our Home Offer Accepted in a Crazy Aggressive Seller’s Market

We know how hard it can be to get a home offer accepted. We’ve been shopping for the better part of two years and the real estate market has been more aggressive than a cornered badger.

To be honest, when the pandemic started in early 2020 and the economy abruptly halted, I expected one outcome to be a buyer’s real estate market as a silver lining for us in an otherwise crappy year. Like any other market prediction I might have made at that time, I was dead wrong.

Thankfully, after a handful of close calls and missed opportunities over the last 20 months, we finally landed a house with lakefront property that should work quite well as our latest “forever home.” This is the story of how we made it happen.

The inventory of homes varies seasonally, but there as of early 2021, there are only half as many homes available as there were in 2016. There are actually more real estate agents than there are homes for them to sell in the U.S.

Our Home Buying Journey

Over the summer and fall of 2020, we made offers on three more places on the same lake, all of which had issues, but had the potential to be a very good fit for us. We didn’t get those, either. We were determined not to let 2021 be a repeat of 2020 or 2019. We took a new, more aggressive approach.

How to Get Your Offer Accepted and Land Your Dream Home

Be Self-Reliant I manage my own money because no one is going to care more about that money than me. Similarly, no one has a more vested interest in your home search than you. Don’t wait for a realtor to send you prospects. Be proactive and always be looking yourself.

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