Podbit · BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast
When confidence is anything less than total, Henry Washington prices below the best comparable listing, not at it. The goal: make buyers choose between a competitor's property and yours — where yours looks better AND costs less. You leave some money on the table, but you go under contract fast.
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At 33:30 · chapter starts 29:20
With underwriting covered, the conversation moves to the back end — how to price and list a finished flip for maximum velocity. Dominique tracks active listings obsessively in the thirty days before she goes to market, watching similar properties for signals about buyer appetite and absorption rate. Henry's strategy is more aggressive: when he has any doubt about a property or faces strong competition in a neighborhood, he lists below the best comparable listing rather than at it. His goal is to give buyers an obvious reason to choose his property — it looks better and costs less than anything comparable. He acknowledges the real cost: a recent deal went under contract in 24 hours after being listed $25,000 below his original planned price [1] — Henry Washington "Listed $25k under planned price: Henry Washington intentionally listed a property $25,000 below his planned list price to ensure a fast sal…" 34:55 . That meant leaving $25,000 on the table. But the alternative — chasing the higher number for months while holding costs accumulate — often yields the same or worse return, plus months of uncertainty and stress. Both hosts agree: money now is nearly always better than potential money later.
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