the two poker games of the final negotiations of the sale.
That’s not the only way to think about negotiation and it’s quite often not the best one.
I would be happy to sell the house for +5%, covering real estate fees and new flooring we put in.
I don’t think you can say that for sure until you know about a place to move into.
Why do you say that? The extra information would be the price of my next house, or whether I’m able to find it, etc?
Yes, you want to trade the present house for a new house and money. Saying you’ll be happy with a certain sale price that’s pegged to the purchase price and unrelated to the cost of a new home sounds like loss aversion and the sunk costs fallacy.
That’s not the only way to think about negotiation and it’s quite often not the best one.
I don’t think you can say that for sure until you know about a place to move into.
Why do you say that? The extra information would be the price of my next house, or whether I’m able to find it, etc?
Yes, you want to trade the present house for a new house and money. Saying you’ll be happy with a certain sale price that’s pegged to the purchase price and unrelated to the cost of a new home sounds like loss aversion and the sunk costs fallacy.