How to write a Personal Letter to a Seller - Purchasing a Home
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- Seller Letter Template - To submit with your offer to purchase a home
Do you want to write a personal letter to a seller so submit along with your offer to purchase their house, but not sure what it should say? NO WORRIES! In this week's video I provide you a with a basic blue-print for the letter, now all you have to do is fill in the information!
Good luck!
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I will update my advice on this to recommend not putting anything in the letter that could turn into a fair-housing violation. The protected classes under the Fair Housing Act are race, color, religion, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), disability, familial status, or national origin. As a buyer trying to get your offer accepted, putting the seller at risk for this issue, whether knowingly or unknowingly, is not a good position to take.
How can this actually be avoided if you're including a pic of your family? 🤔
I was up against 13 other offers and I was the only one who wrote a letter. I was shocked in this market that no one else did! The seller's agent told my agent that they loved my letter and I got the house. It's such a simple thing to do.
This is so wonderful to hear! CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Do you mind sharing you letter?
@@itsyaboylj4287 Sorry, I didn't save it! I just made it personal, telling them what I loved about the house and why it was perfect for me. I thanked them for considering me. It was pretty short but you just want to put a real person/story behind the offer to stand out.
Did you go in full detail about the offer in the letter?
I did!!! And it worked 7 grand under list!! IN THIS MARKET 😆
🎉🎉🎉🤩🤩🤩 CONGRATULATIONS!! That's amazing news!!
My realtor was opposed to this but I believe it gives you an edge. Now I am going for it! Thank you!!
Congratulations Laura.
For anyone looking for the format... starts at 3:18
1. Use the seller's name. Dear Mr. Smith
2. Start with gratitude, thanks for letting us view your home and make an offer
3. Compliment something you liked about the home (something they upgraded or had personal attachment to)
4. State why it is the right home for you (number of rooms for kids, special features, less yard maintenance, bigger yard for kids, entertaining spaces for gatherings, close to social activities or school)
5. Build rapport (something you have in common that builds a personal connection)
6. End with gratitude, for opening the home to view, allowing an offer, and for hearing back with hopefully good news
7. Consider including a photo with faces so they can connect visually
I will update my advice on this to recommend not putting anything in the letter that could turn into a fair-housing violation conversation. The protected classes are race, color, religion, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), disability, familial status, or national origin. As a buyer trying to get your offer accepted, putting the seller at risk for this issue, whether knowingly or unknowingly, is not a good position to take.
thank you Samantha , right now i am in the market as seller and buyer . i gave you the first like on this video.
Awesome! Thank you! Good luck
Thank you for making this video. I just submitted an offer yesterday along with a letter using this format. Wish me luck! It’s my third try for a house but this is a house that I’m really interested in… we hope we can get it!
Good luck! I hope you got it!
I'm going to give it a try. I'm going against multiple people potentially as the seller will close all bids in four days. They have promoted this sale so I'm going to write the letter with same passion I used in middle school to win that bike for the summer. Thanks for this template I'll let you all know how it goes.
Soooo.... did you get it?
Samantha, this was GOLD! THANKS SO MUCH!
Just wrapped up my letter. I really hope me and my daughter get this. I'll update the comment with the outcome lmao
How did it go
In Massachusetts, we’re not allowed to send a Seller Love Letter from the Buyer
What if the home owner isn’t selling and the house and property are falling apart but has potential?
Hey there! If the property is not currently listed for sale, however you are interested in buying it yourself, you can try and track down the homeowner and see if they are interested in selling. I do this quite often for clients who are like a specific house or neighborhood. It's worth a shot! Good luck!
@@SamanthaPearlman thank you for your response, is there a format letter that I could use to entice the owners to want to sell?
I don't have a specific format for the letter but what I can suggest is to keep it short and genuine. And make sure you leave the best way to contact you back. When sending the letter, to give it the best chance to be opened (and not thrown into the garbage as junk mail) is the hand write the address on the envelope and I will even sometimes send these letters in colored-invitation size envelopes to make it stand out. Good luck!
@@SamanthaPearlman thank you so much for your input, I really appreciate it😊
Write a letter to the *seller* so you may know where to send mail. After about 8 years, I get mail for the seller a few times per year.
yeah, this can be an issue. In our last house we still received mail for the previous owner who had passed away....Happens really anytime someone moves. After the transaction is over, you can ask your agent for the previous sellers forwarding address.
It's my house and I'm selling it to whoever I damn well please. If you want my hose write me a nice letter and send me a picture of your family.
really helpful! thank you for sharing.
Glad it was helpful!
This was so helpful! am definitely going to try to tug at the heartstrings with my letter, but I am wondering if there is more that I can do to convince a company to sell to me because I am looking to make a 4-plex my home, Most of the offers are from people looking to purchase investment property for the rental income only.
Thank you so much for watching and I am so glad you enjoyed it and found it helpful! In your situation it sounds like you may be buying directly from a bank or large investment company and a lot of time emotions will hold absolutely no weight because its a business for them. So to them, its all about the numbers. Talk to your Realtor about how you can make your offer the strongest it can be on paper with the numbers and give it your best shot that way. When it comes to buying investment type properties like this one, sometimes it can take several different attempts before you snag the perfect fit! But your home is out there, I'm sure of it! Good luck!
Hmmm. Good topic 😬
Thanks!
Thank you Samantha.. We are first time buyers with a VA loan, we have put a few offers in and we're getting beat buy all the Cash offers. You would think somebody would care to sale a home to a veteran.. Its quite frustrating.. We have used different tactics including a letter.. anyways thank you for sharing... ❤
I am sorry to hear you are struggling and I really feel for you! My VA clients are really struggling too! Good luck! This crazy market won't last forever and your dream home is out there!
@@SamanthaPearlman Thank you ...🙏🏼
this is us right now...so frustrating
@@cassandrechery7192 Don't take just anything.....
@Kaitlynn C I'm going through same thing. I wish veteran's and there family had a Facebook page, where we could sell and buy homes from each other
Booooooo 2:39
I love this video and I wonder if you could share the template please!
Thanks for watching and so glad you liked it! I don't have a down-loadable template, mainly becuase each letter is very personal but if you follow the simple steps I outline in the video, you can put a letter together easily, good luck!
Yes Samantha, I got one of those "love letters". My parents had recently passed away and their house wasn't even on the market. I found a letter in their mailbox from someone I had never heard of or met before. At first, I thought it was a letter of condolence. Nope, it was two pages of narcissistic dribble written with the sentiment and literary talent of an 8 year old. It was filled with nothing but fantasy and entitlement about the wonderful life she and her family would have living in my dead parents' home. No offer attached either.
Mind you, she did mention she heard about my loss but failed to mention any fond memories of my parents nor did she offer any sympathies toward our family. At the time, I was incredibly overwhelmed and grief stricken. Her vision of my parents' house as her idealized "dream home" made me sick . Of course she followed up on a number of occasions by knocking on the door with kids in tow. I wanted nothing to do with her or her family. When the house did go on the market, we took the best offer, which wasn't hers. I'm glad my realtor dealt with her and not me.
I think the buyers “love letter “ should be outlawed. I think it opens up the opportunity for discrimination. If you mention age, sex, marital status, children, etc you run that risk.
I completely understand where you are coming from and the exact reason why a lot of agents that represent sellers advise their clients to NOT read the letters until after they have accepted an offer, this way the emotion is removed from the situation. Its important for Buyers to understand this can happen in their situation. And of course, I always advise my clients to speak with their attorneys for all legal advise. Thanks for watching!
Very good ideas, thank you Samantha
I’m glad you enjoyed the video!
thank you!
You're welcome!
LOL, it will never work for sure. Remember this 100% is going to a higher bid, or higher offer.
In a lot of cases, you are correct. However I have personally seen Seller's choose offers based only on emotional reasoning and not financial gains.
Not always, Canadian companies like Triton are buying up all the starter homes in cash, and renting out at crazy prices, leaving American families in the dust. Some sellers don’t want to sell to these greedy unethical companies. I’ve seen people say that letters helped there offer get picked. It can’t hurt to try.
Hello Samantha, thank you for sharing this information. I am in the process of buying a home. We found an amazing home yesterday, and our Realtor suggested that we write a letter to the sellers. Wish us luck. I will update on how things go. 😊
Good Luck!!!!
Well actually I am a little late on my reply, Yikes! Did you guys get the house?!?!?!?! I am on pins and needles....... Let us know!!
You totally helped me!!
Thanks for sharing 👍🏻
Should I put the letter into the owner mailbox if he/she is living in the property, or give the letter to the solicitor?
As an agent, I would attach the letter to your offer to the seller.
I'm actually surprised this works, well at least the comments have stories of it working. Maybe I should try this at the gas pump.
Wanna know what gives me a emotional response? $10,000 extra
What?
@@thelastnashie8811 , house seller's Dont care about a stupid letter.. they care about the money...
Not letter is going to convince the seller to sell it for less, that would be stupid.
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@@xfhnhhgjbvcfg I cared when I sold. I had numerous cash offers over asking but went with a woman at asking because she was actually going to live in it and not flip and rent it. Your opinion doesn’t apply to every person. Also I’m not sure what any of this has to do with gas pumps. You aren’t making much sense and maybe need to calm down a bit.
@@thelastnashie8811 you're an idiot. Good luck trying to get a deal on something by begging in note form.
Try writing a broke note at the gas pump or the grocery store, see if they reduce the price for you because they feel bad lmfao