Establish three numbers before your first showing: your target price, your walk-away threshold, and your BATNA value (cost of rejecting and re-listing). Also define your structural priorities - which contingencies you will accept, your minimum deposit requirement, and your closing timeline constraints. When these are set in advance during calm analysis, you cannot be manipulated during high-pressure negotiation moments.
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From the seller playbook: Emotional Discipline in Negotiation
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