 Hi, I'm Michelle Getzinger here. In this hot real estate market, if you're a buyer, you've probably lost out on a deal or two trying to buy the house that you want to live in. There's a couple things that you can do to increase your offer that you're bringing to the table to the seller to make it more appealing. So I'm going to give you three different ways that you can bring a strong offer to the table to get the house of your dreams under contract in this tight market. Number one, go in at full price. I know everybody says, oh, I want to get a deal. I want to get a deal. There'll be other times in this deal that you might be able to, but you got to look at it this way. You're buying the house that you want. You're going to live in the house that you want the house of your dreams. If this isn't it, then you don't have to follow these steps. This is only for you to secure this deal no matter what. Number two, write a letter, a personal letter. I know it sounds hokey, but trust me, it's not. This is a transaction between two families, two groups of people. We want to make it human. If you make it human, it's harder for people to say no. It's easier for them to identify with you or put themselves in your shoes. They had a small family at once. Maybe this is their starter home where they lived their first 15 years and now they've outgrown it or they're trying to downsize. They want to understand your perspective. Number three, the hindrance of contingencies. There's lots of things you can make a house contingent on. One of them is being the sale of your own home. Number two is inspections. Number three is zoning. So one way to make it strong is just go in with one contingency. One of the most important contingencies in my opinion is the inspection contingency. Now, if you're even worried about losing the deal because of that, you can make it not contingent on inspections, but you can still get an inspection. You just have to write it into the contract. And then if you don't like what the inspection says, you can walk away and you'll lose your hand money. Is that worth it to you to secure the deal? So those are three different ways where you can strengthen your offer to win the deal.