<prompt> Human: We live in Seattle. Crazy housing market. We started renting 6 years ago to a woman who said I own 5 houses in the neighborhood, theyre my retirement plan. Shes smart savvy, we really like her quite a bit. I wrote out two versions of an email - one with pricing info, one without. Does anyone have any feedback? I want to be respectful but straightforward. Thanks in advance for any advice. THANKS!SHORT VERSIONOwner,I hope that you are enjoying the weekend - I think todays going to get pretty hot. I have two old-film-experts taking a look at your moms 16mm - I think the only problem were running into is finding a projector that will render that specific 16mm audio. Do you have a projector at home youve used to play the video? At this point, we have a global-shutter transfer device that we think will capture the video no problem. I might do a run of one of the reels video only to give you an idea of what it might look like : If you couldnt tell, this is the kind of project that I find exciting and rewarding. Thanks so much for dropping off the lease - we were discussing it last night and have been thinking a lot about our lives, where we are and what brings us happiness and from that discussion we came to the realization we would like to purchase your home. Our hearts and memories are inextricably tied to this home in which we fell in love with our entire Magnolia community, made best friends with our neighbors, were engaged, mourned the loss of loved ones, were married, and where we brought our son home and hope to raise him in this rich community. Its a major player in our lives. We have done a lot of research in regards to comparable sales in all areas of Interbay and Magnolia and have worked out a proposal. If youre interested, I look forward to sharing more additional data with you, links to comps etc. Thank you, Owner. Moving to this house was the greatest decision we ever made. Just because on October morning SoundersFCThrowaways Wife wanted to drive around to look for a place to live in Magnolia and you happened to be in the living room on your fold up camping chair. We love this house and were so glad we crossed paths 6 years ago : Best Regards,SoundersFCThrowaway SoundersFCThrowaways Wife LONG VERSIONOwner,I hope that you are enjoying the weekend - I think todays going to get pretty hot. I have two old-film-experts taking a look at your moms 16mm - I think the only problem were running into is finding a projector that will render that specific 16mm audio. Do you have a projector at home youve used to play the video? At this point, we have a global-shutter transfer device that we think will capture the video no problem. I might do a run of one of the reels video only to give you an idea of what it might look like : If you couldnt tell, this is the kind of project that I find exciting and rewarding. Thanks so much for dropping off the lease - we were discussing it last night and have been thinking a lot about our lives, where we are and what brings us happiness and from that discussion we came to the realization we would like to purchase your home. Our hearts and memories are inextricably tied to this home in which we fell in love with our entire Magnolia community, made best friends with our neighbors, were engaged, mourned the loss of loved ones, were married, and where we brought our son home and hope to raise him in this rich community. Its a major player in our lives. We have done a lot of research in regards to comparable sales in all areas of Interbay and Magnolia. Like anything, there is never the perfect comp given all of the different variables including location, style of home, upgrades etc but we have gathered a lot of relevant information and feel really confident in the price range. Weve done a deep dive of estimates in the area, which are important but limited in some of the important details that it cannot detect with its algorithm so weve looked to narrow down some of the details that would factor into a true market figure. As an example of a wildly inaccurate estimate, a friend in Queen Anne sold her home in Ballard for 510k and one estimate has it priced at 750k.From everything we have gathered including estimates, comps, and expert advice we believe that the market value falls between 405K and 455K. These three factors in particular are important to factor into true market value.1Parking: Many homes that weve seen sell in Magnolia have viable off street parking usually 2 spots and almost everyone of them has direct access to the home. We have been ok dealing with the shared parking but know that its a major factor in peoples buying decisions and believe based on comps it would cost between 70k and 100k to purchase the easement, and an additional 10-20K to make garage upgrades . These numbers may even be low considering pending scope of course as its a very invasive, complex project.2Finished Square Footage: While your home is a total of 1,340 square feet, finished square footage is the number used to figure out the value. Given that the finished square footage is right at 1,000, at 405k-455K, the price per square foot is between 400sf and 450sf, very top of the market from everything that has sold listed in the area. - dont know about this. Would you consider our basement finished? anything here that I can make an argument for?3Remodel: We really love your home and we wouldnt do any major changes to the exterior charm and historical beauty of a house that was built almost 100 years ago. That said, most homes on the market have had a fairly if not very recent significant remodeled, especially kitchens and bathrooms. Again, we would never make changes to compromise the beauty of the house but this is a significant factor when looking at recently sold homes in the area.All of the above said, we really love the house and we are prepared to invest a significant amount of into the home if we are to purchase it. Updates, plumbing, paint, fence, front porch, misc repairs etc are all on our short list and would amount to well over 80-90k. Of course this does not factor in kitchen, bathroom, and basement updates. If we were to do those, it would likely cost an additional 150k and wed have more into the house than market value.We propose...435K PurchaseAs Is - No contingencies or inspections No agents 435K implies a sale price of 463K given the 6 direct sales savings15,000 released directly to you next week as non-refundable earnestWed manage all paperwork, set up escrow and title and make it 100 seamless for youWe could get creative and look into a possible rent-to-own scenario to help alleviate some of the costs of capital gains tax We believe that there would be offers if in this range of market if listen today - but that would require significant costs in getting the house sale ready in addition to MLS and listing prices 50K. Since renting, having looked at every listing and sold comparable very closely, we really do believe that we are offering top of the market value and even above market if factoring in the commission savings.I realize that this email is getting pretty long so will spare you with more additional data, links to comps etc. That said, Im happy to follow up in anyway that would be helpful.Thank you, Owner. Moving to this house was the greatest decision we ever made. Just because on October morning SoundersFCThrowaways Wife wanted to drive around to look for a place to live in Magnolia and you happened to be in the living room on your fold up camping chair. We love this house and were so glad we crossed paths 6 years ago : Best Regards,SoundersFCThrowaway SoundersFCThrowaways Wife  <response>: First rule of negotiating.Do not give away any information.Just ask. Would you be interested in selling this house?If she says yes, ask what she would want for it.Expect to pay the top of the range on price if you are buying from an unmotivated seller. 