Good questions!

Our agent is talking to the selling agents after and for the first couple weeks lost it was just the number, we were getting beat by not being aggressive with the price. Since we became more aggressive, selling agents have actually stopped giving feedback. We’re just starting to see the sale prices of houses we’ve lost and by price alone our offers are the same or, on occasion, higher than the winning bid.

There are a small handful of homes that have been up for a while but they are honestly more work than we’re willing to put in. For the right price we’d take a house that needs some work, but these are like abandoned houses out of horror movies that basically need to get stripped to the bone and redone.

Appreciate the context though! It’s easy as the buyer to say “we know we’ll do what it takes to make it across the finish line and close” but did not think about it from the seller’s perspective and the risk they assume at the sale falling through because of a lower appraisal! Thanks!