A: Your office called and said that an offer came in on our house. B: Yes, the offer came in less than an hour ago. A: How good of an offer did we receive? B: Their bid was two hundred eighty thousand dollars, and you said that you wanted three hundred thousand dollars. Their bid is a reasonable start. A: We built a little leeway into the asking price, but I don't want to accept less than two hundred ninety thousand dollars. B: Sellers frequently make a counteroffer. Would you like to counteroffer two hundred ninety thousand dollars? A: I think that a counteroffer would be wise at this point. B: I will contact their agent right away with your counteroffer. A: What should we do if they don't like the counteroffer? B: If the seller doesn't want to accept your counteroffer, they can reject it or come up with a counteroffer of their own.
