Best strategy to use to give offer for property on sale

[geek84]

Good Morning Folks

I am thinking of purchasing a property which is on for sale, in the hope of letting it out to tenants. I am thinking of putting in an offer which would be below the asking price.

Could someone please be kind enough to give me advice on the following questions:

1. How can I be sure that the estate agent has passed on the offer figure to the owner of the property?
2. How would I know that the owner has really accepted/rejected my offer? The estate agent could just say the owner has rejected the offer in the hope that I increase my offer figure?
3. How can I find out what other prospective purchasers have put in as an offer and try to put in a higher offer?

Thanks in advance for your responses.

[Richlist]

Under normal circumstances:

1. You can't be 100% certain.

2. You won't know.

3. You can't find out.

There are exceptional scenarios where the above is not the case but I won't speculate.

[Dave A]

Estate agents should give your offer to the vendor, regardless of what they think of it, but all of the above apply.

Dave

[geek84]

Thanks folks