Escalation vs best number
Buyers in a competitive market ask this on the drive home from the showing, and the honest answer depends on the listing agent rather than on the tactic.
- Escalation clause vs your best first number
- Escalation: you win by a step, and they see your ceiling
- Escalation needs a cap and proof of the beating offer
- Clean number: easier to read, nothing exposed
- Some listing agents will not accept escalations at all
- Ask the listing agent first. Then choose, not before.