What is a Clean Offer when Buying a Home? A clean offer is one with few if any contingencies that could snag or cause a sale to fail. When writing an offer to buy a home, I try to write as clean an offer as possible in order to make the terms acceptable to the seller. There are no limits to the contingencies a buyer can add to their offer. Some are fairly standard and easily accepted most of the time, but with each additional contingency a seller has a reason to say no. Some common ones are Pending Sale, Neighborhood Review, Home Owners Association Review, Septic Inspection, Well Contingency, Title Review, General Inspection, Financing Contingency, Appraisal Contingency, Feasibility Contingency, Lead Based Paint just to name a few. With each “escape hatch“ built into a contra...
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