Finance & Fury Podcast

Welcome to Say What Wednesday! Today’s question is from Mark; “Hi guys, lovin’ the show – I’m looking to buy my first place in Brisbane and I was just wondering if you have any tips on how to negotiate with the real estate agents and work out what price I should be offering first go” Negotiation Fundamentals As former FBI Hostage Negotiator Chris Voss (author of “Never Split the Difference”) says, our life is a series of negotiation. Negotiate every day in our lives; with our kids to go to sleep early, a better salary, to buy a house. Negotiation is about finding a meeting point between what the sellers want for their property and what you want to spend as the buyer. When you are buying a house, everything is negotiable… What are the best Negotiation Techniques? I find I use mirroring when dealing with real estate agents…This is just repeating what the Real Estate agent said to you, helping you get more information from them. The more you know about them, and the less info you give about your situation,