I'm always thankful there's an offer....I have the seller negotiate it until we wring it out...it will either go together or they'll go on to the next house...

I tell them it is better than the offer we got yesterday. They say we didn't get an offer yesterday. Exactly.

I've prepared my sellers that it is a possibility it will happen, and to not take it personally.  I encourage a counter, but understand if they don't want to.  I think I get more worked up about low balls than my sellers do!

I present it to my Seller along with reasons why the offer should not be accepted. I don't discourage a counter offer. You never know if a Buyer is just testing the waters with a low offer with intentions to offer more off of the counter offer.  Some Buyers think that if you don't ask you don't get.

Acknowledge the offer receipt. Put in the pile to be rejected.  For investment properties people will try more see if low balls are accepted.

We haven't seen REALLY low offers in our market since it has been brisk, but always try to warn sellers not to take it personally.    Present the facts on value, and if the buyer won't increase the offer, they are not the right buyers. 

Hella Mitschke Rothwell I'll stop by at your blog post.....

I always discuss it with the sellers - and see I can bring both buyers and sellers together.

Sometimes they are too far apart and if buyer's agent is looking for a bargain, I'd suggest to my sellers - let it go!

With respect and gratitude.  Negotiating is an important part of what we do.

Well, I have to inform my clients about any offers. I do not get emotional. Very often the original offer is pushed up and closed successfully with everyone to be happy( yes, it is a waste of time, but some buyers always wants to start low, and our main job is to negotiate the best terms for our clients, right?).

Tell seller to expect them. Convey them. Laugh, cry, but don't judge. You are not the owner. Let them decide. 

Handle it?  I present it to the seller.  We discuss options.   And he/she/they decide on how they would like to respond.  

I present it.  Up to the sellers what they want to do with it.  I present all offers.  IF they ask my opinion, I share it.  If not, we review comps and go from there.  Not my offer.  Not my house, but the client(S) I represent.

Present it to the seller's; they already have my comp's and know if it is too low or adequate.

Advise my sellers to just reject without a counter

if i get a call, a email or whatever form... i contact the other agent in some way..and say.. really? your not kidding, i know... do you want this house? or do you want to just make my owner angry and you wont get it at any price? if your trying to steal it, its not happening...if your client really does want the house...i suggest you email me right away and say oops, i made a mistake on the price(it has happened) and i am resubmitting.

cause if i present this (and you know i have too) my buyer will tell me and you to take a flying fudge. and if you really do want it, he is the kind of person that wont care now if you go over asking..your call buddy !

Advise the client to counter.

I am used to listing properties for the correct selling price.  I prepare the seller for low offers before we get them so they are not offended.  Them I encourage them to counter.  Most of the time in my experience a buyer is just trying to see if they can get a deal.  They will usually pay close to the list price.

Hella - I present the offer and then provide my clients with the options they can take from their. Then the decision on what to do is up to them. Of course, I will do what I can to try and get their home sold.

Good morning Hella. You can't make it personal, I review many offers that come in on properties I own, I will counter, no matter the offer is, unless of course it is a full price offer.

Present whatever comes in, it's a start.

The offer is discussed with the seller and the seller decides how to handle.

Hella,
No emotion. And I always present offers. If it is within negotiation range we do, or we try to find common ground for a new higher offer.

Thank you and good first step...now, to get to work to see if we can get you this place....

Present it and urge my seller to make a counteroffer- can't make a deal happen without trying!

I gtell my sellers that we have a live person interested, lets see if we can get them to come up in price to where yoiu will be ok

Hella,

We have always let the owner see it.  No need to get huffy or upset.  Just the facts, no need for useless salad dressing and parsley.  A

I present it and say something like this .... Remember the CMA that I did? Let's compare the offer to that CMA.

I already know whether the home is over priced or not. I our current market sellers usually get their price if it's priced correctly. 

No problem. Present it, mention the possibility of countering, and see what my sellers want to do with it.

I explain to the Seller what their options are. We almost always come back with a counter offer even if the counter is full price BUT we will pay for a home warranty or something like that. I've been amazed at what some Sellers have accepted even against my advice. They may be in more of a pickle then they let us agents know and have to get out from under a mortgage or lose the property completely.