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Jason Farris

Head YES man at FresYes.com

I grew up in Fresno. Relaxed in its calm breezes, listened with my dad to the crack of the bat at little league baseball games when I was a kid and now take my son to do the same at minor league games. I broadened my mind at its schools (I went to high school right here at San Joaquin Memorial, and to college at Fresno State!) I love that if I drive for two hours in one direction, I can be in the mountains. For two hours in another, luxuriating on a California beach. I can enjoy the cosmopolitan atmosphere of San Francisco or Los Angeles, but still be able to come home to relaxation, calm, and quiet.

I love where I live, and I also love what I do. I'm lucky to be able to work in a profession in which I get to build relationships; one that has me meeting new people each and every day and helping them to build new lives in my beloved city. I'm lucky enough to work in a profession in which I can marry cutting-edge technologies and marketing techniques to good, old-fashioned, nose-to-the-grindstone work. I am lucky enough to work in a profession that allows me to work as an advocate for my clients; to use every tool at my disposal to get a job done well for them, and with as little stress and expense as possible.

I love my city. I love my job. One inspires my excellence for the other.

Fresno? I say FresYES

Latest posts by Jason Farris (see all)

• Thinking of buying a Condo? We say FresYes! - September 18, 2020
• Tom Seaver, exceptional human, who led ‘Miracle Mets’ to glory, dies at 75 - September 4, 2020
• Is that good ol’ American front porch making a come back? - August 14, 2020

Previously, I talked about how difficult it can be to get your offer accepted on a home you love. This is due to low inventory in the marketplace and high buyer demand.

I told you about three strategies you should use:

1. Put down an earnest money deposit.
2. Make sure to write a clean offer.
3. Consider using a local lender.

Here’s another simple yet really effective strategy to help give you the edge over the competition when trying to get that dream home you’ve been waiting for: don’t ask for personal property up front.

Save it for later

Yeah, I get it. You love that chandelier in the dining room but your agent says the seller has excluded it from the sale of the house. Don’t ask for it no matter how much you love it. They’ve already said it’s not included.

A lot of times buyers will write an offer asking for personal property. Just don’t do that. Wait until you get your offer accepted, and then if you’d like to negotiate on some personal property outside of the real estate purchase contract, then fine. Do that. But don’t ask for personal property up front.

Here’s why. Sellers have multiple offers and your offer is identical to another buyer’s offer—except that you are asking for some type of furniture or other personal property item. It’s great to express that you like it. If they’re interested in selling, you’d love to have that discussion. But don’t actually put it in the offer and risk annoying the seller. Don’t make a mistake that could cause your offer to not get accepted over somebody else’s.

It’s a simple but effective strategy. And it’s these little things that can make the difference between you getting into your dream home, and somebody else living there.

Contact me directly for more info

Choosing a great local lender is just one more effective strategy to help you get the edge on the competition, and get you into your dream home sooner. I’ve got more, and I’m going to share those with you in upcoming posts. These are strategies that very few agents in the marketplace know about, but I’m happy to tell you about them!

If you don’t want to wait for a future post, feel free to call me at (559) 708-8768. That’s my direct cell phone number. You can call me on it, or email me at Jason@fresyes.com. I know I can help.

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Jason Farris

Head YES man at FresYes.com

I grew up in Fresno. Relaxed in its calm breezes, listened with my dad to the crack of the bat at little league baseball games when I was a kid and now take my son to do the same at minor league games. I broadened my mind at its schools (I went to high school right here at San Joaquin Memorial, and to college at Fresno State!) I love that if I drive for two hours in one direction, I can be in the mountains. For two hours in another, luxuriating on a California beach. I can enjoy the cosmopolitan atmosphere of San Francisco or Los Angeles, but still be able to come home to relaxation, calm, and quiet.

I love where I live, and I also love what I do. I'm lucky to be able to work in a profession in which I get to build relationships; one that has me meeting new people each and every day and helping them to build new lives in my beloved city. I'm lucky enough to work in a profession in which I can marry cutting-edge technologies and marketing techniques to good, old-fashioned, nose-to-the-grindstone work. I am lucky enough to work in a profession that allows me to work as an advocate for my clients; to use every tool at my disposal to get a job done well for them, and with as little stress and expense as possible.

I love my city. I love my job. One inspires my excellence for the other.

Fresno? I say FresYES

Latest posts by Jason Farris (see all)

• Thinking of buying a Condo? We say FresYes! - September 18, 2020
• Tom Seaver, exceptional human, who led ‘Miracle Mets’ to glory, dies at 75 - September 4, 2020
• Is that good ol’ American front porch making a come back? - August 14, 2020

Previously, I talked about how difficult it can be to get your offer accepted on a home you love. This is due to low inventory in the marketplace and high buyer demand.

I told you about two strategies you should use: an earnest money deposit, and writing a clean offer.

Here’s another simple yet really effective strategy to help give you the edge over the competition when trying to get that dream home you’ve been waiting for: Use a local lender.

Keep it local

Look, there’s nothing wrong with choosing Wells Fargo, Citibank, Bank of America, or any of these larger lending institutions. They didn’t get where they are by not doing loans. But in today’s market, you’re looking for every advantage you can get. And one of those advantages is using a local lender.

Why is that important? Because as a listing agent, aka someone who lists a lot of homes, when I have 10 offers, all of them being equal except one or two of them are using a local lender, you know what that allows me to do? I can pick up the phone and call that local lender, who would love to earn my business. It’s not an 800 number where I reach somebody in Kentucky or Miami or wherever. It’s somebody down the street who wants to do a good job, because if they do, they know they have a chance of earning my business.

Additionally, most local lenders will go further down the approval process before actually issuing you that letter of approval for a loan. Meaning, they’ll verify a tax return, they’ll look at pay stubs, they’ll do that extra work up front because they don’t want to get 20 days in and find out you really aren’t qualified to buy the home.

Contact me directly for more info

Choosing a great local lender is just one more effective strategy to help you get the edge on the competition, and get you into your dream home sooner. I’ve got more, and I’m going to share those with you in upcoming posts. These are strategies that very few agents in the marketplace know about, but I’m happy to tell you about them!

If you don’t want to wait for a future post, feel free to call me at (559) 708-8768. That’s my direct cell phone number. You can call me on it, or email me at Jason@fresyes.com. I know I can help.

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• Recent Posts

Jason Farris

Head YES man at FresYes.com

I grew up in Fresno. Relaxed in its calm breezes, listened with my dad to the crack of the bat at little league baseball games when I was a kid and now take my son to do the same at minor league games. I broadened my mind at its schools (I went to high school right here at San Joaquin Memorial, and to college at Fresno State!) I love that if I drive for two hours in one direction, I can be in the mountains. For two hours in another, luxuriating on a California beach. I can enjoy the cosmopolitan atmosphere of San Francisco or Los Angeles, but still be able to come home to relaxation, calm, and quiet.

I love where I live, and I also love what I do. I'm lucky to be able to work in a profession in which I get to build relationships; one that has me meeting new people each and every day and helping them to build new lives in my beloved city. I'm lucky enough to work in a profession in which I can marry cutting-edge technologies and marketing techniques to good, old-fashioned, nose-to-the-grindstone work. I am lucky enough to work in a profession that allows me to work as an advocate for my clients; to use every tool at my disposal to get a job done well for them, and with as little stress and expense as possible.

I love my city. I love my job. One inspires my excellence for the other.

Fresno? I say FresYES

Latest posts by Jason Farris (see all)

• Thinking of buying a Condo? We say FresYes! - September 18, 2020
• Tom Seaver, exceptional human, who led ‘Miracle Mets’ to glory, dies at 75 - September 4, 2020
• Is that good ol’ American front porch making a come back? - August 14, 2020

Previously, I talked about how difficult it can be to get your offer on a home you love accepted. This is due to low inventory in the marketplace and high buyer demand.

I told you about one strategy to getting your offer accepted—an earnest money deposit. (Read all about this strategy here.)

Now here’s another strategy that’s often overlooked: Make sure the agent that represents you not only writes a clear, concise offer, but one that’s correct. I know that may sound obvious, but here’s the thing. Oftentimes—and I mean often as in almost every time—I sit down with a seller to review multiple offers, and find ones that are incomplete!

No information, no offer accepted

It never fails. There’s always at least one offer that’s missing information. Who’s going to pay for this, the buyer or the seller? And they don’t put either. Or, they write in something in the additional terms section, and it’s not legible.

Your agent should take the time to type up the offer and make it look nice, so the seller can read exactly what it is the buyer wants. It puts you at a huge disadvantage when your agent doesn’t properly fill out the form. Let’s say every buyer submitting an offer puts in the $300,000 price point, and puts in a $10,000 earnest money deposit. But your offer is missing a vital piece of information. Whose offer do you think the seller is going to choose?

Make sure the agent you choose knows how to write a clear, nice, and complete offer, with all of the questions answered. It helps. Believe me.

Contact me directly for more info

And that’s one more strategy you can use in getting your home offer accepted in a competitive market. I’ve got many more, and I’m going to share those with you in upcoming posts. These are strategies that very few agents in the marketplace know about, but I’m happy to tell you about them.

If you don’t want to wait for a future post, feel free to call me at (559) 708-8768. That’s my direct cell phone number. You can call me on it, or email me at Jason@fresyes.com. I know I can help!