Waterfront Condo, West Ave, Miami Beach, FL

7 offers on a waterfront condo — and the winning one wasn't the highest price. It was the one that could actually close.

Competing offers

+$54K

Above list

21 days

Contract to close

The Challenge

HOA required board approval, application review, and proof of reserves from any buyer.
Two prior deals in the building had collapsed at the financing stage.
Comparable units were sitting on market with rising inventory across the barrier island.
The seller had already relocated out of state and could not be on site.

List at $749,000 to sit at the top of the widest buyer search band.
Publish to OFFER1 so buyer agents could submit directly from a phone during showings.
Require each offer to declare HOA approval readiness, financing type, and inspection window inside the platform.
Run a structured highest-and-best round and reveal the top price once 3+ offers were in.

7 offers received in the first 9 days, all normalized into one comparison view.
Top price was $812,000 with a 45-day financed timeline and no HOA pre-approval.
Seller accepted $803,000 from a buyer already pre-approved by the association, closing in 21 days.
Zero renegotiation, zero repair credits, and no board-approval delay.

"I was 1,200 miles away and still felt like I was standing in the room. Every offer, every term, every deadline was on one screen."

— The Seller

"The highest number wasn't the best deal. Seeing the terms next to each other made that obvious in about ten seconds."

— The Seller

"In a building like this, certainty is worth more than the last nine thousand dollars. OFFER1 made certainty visible."

— Listing Agent, Miami Beach

"Price is one line on an offer. OFFER1 shows the seller all the other lines that decide whether the deal actually closes."

— Listing Agent, Miami Beach

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