Make sure you know what those are at the start so that you can help weed out bidders who are not able to meet the sellers» terms, says David Silverman, a sales associate with DeBianchi Real Estate in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. «Maybe the sellers require
a long escrow period because their new home won't be ready yet,» he says, «or maybe they need to close quickly because they've already purchased a new home and don't want to pay mortgages on two properties.»