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Don't let another buyer get a home you really want. Respond to counteroffers as quickly as possible to show the seller you're serious.

1) BE QUICK ON THE UPTAKE
It is critical to respond to counteroffers as soon as possible, and to avoid making a counteroffer as to any term that is not truly a deal breaker. Delays in responding leave space open for another buyer to step in and create a bidding war, or even more likely, for the seller to perceive that other, serious buyers might be out there. A seller's mere perception of a hint of a whiff of the scent of a potential bidding war is a homebuyer's number one nemesis, ratcheting up the possible sales price in the seller's head on an exponential basis.

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