TIL that attorney review clause was actually negotiable

My lawyer in Austin insisted the standard 5-day attorney review period was non-negotiable on every offer. I lost two houses to faster buyers until a mentor said push back and offer 3 days instead. Has anyone else found standard boilerplate clauses that agents claim are fixed but really aren't?

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jana_fox503mo ago

Bet you could've just asked them to drop it down and they'd fold like a cheap suit lol. People get so dramatic over these things like it's carved in stone or something.

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christopher_wells42mo ago

Kinda doubt they'd fold that easy, most people get weirdly defensive about the price they listed like it's personal.

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faith6843mo ago

Real estate is the only industry where "standard" just means "what we're used to getting away with.

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