{"id":378,"date":"2025-07-26T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-26T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/italty.com\/blog\/?p=378"},"modified":"2025-10-05T17:16:33","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T17:16:33","slug":"when-losing-a-deal-becomes-the-biggest-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/italty.com\/blog\/when-losing-a-deal-becomes-the-biggest-win\/","title":{"rendered":"When \u201cLosing\u201d a Deal Becomes the Biggest Win"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Temptation of the \u201cPerfect\u201d Property<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

During one of our recent transactions on Lake Garda, my clients and I fell in love with a stunning apartment: breathtaking panoramic views, perfect location \u2014 it looked like the one.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

But there was one problem: the seller refused to lower the price, even though the property had been sitting unsold for years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The listing agent used all the classic Italian tactics:
\u201cUnique opportunity!\u201d
\u201cYou won\u2019t find another home with this view!\u201d
\u201cThere\u2019s another buyer ready to make an offer!\u201d
\u201cNo discount possible \u2014 take it or leave it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was a textbook example of emotional pressure, something very common in the Italian real estate market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Choosing Integrity Over Emotion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I could have easily persuaded my clients to accept the deal \u2014 and collect my commission.
But that\u2019s not how we work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At ITALTY, our clients\u2019 interests always come first.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We decided to walk away.
At that moment, it felt like a failure: no discount, no deal, just disappointment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But just a few weeks later, we found something far better \u2014 a new development<\/strong> with modern finishes, a higher energy efficiency class, and excellent infrastructure.
And this time, we negotiated a significant discount<\/strong> from the original price.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No compromise between emotion and reason \u2014 just a win-win result.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Real Victory in Real Estate<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The real success wasn\u2019t in closing the first deal \u2014 it was in protecting our client from a bad one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our guiding principle is simple:
Honesty and results matter more than quick commissions.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We work the way we\u2019d want professionals to work for us \u2014 putting clients\u2019 long-term benefit above short-term profit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If that approach resonates with you, and you\u2019re looking for an advisor who treats your investment like their own, let\u2019s work together on your Italian property journey.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a9 ITALTY \u2014 Your Italian Realty
We write about buying real estate in Italy with maximum benefit for you, without risks and stress.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sometimes walking away from a deal is the smartest move you can make. Here\u2019s how refusing an overpriced property on Lake Garda led to a much better outcome \u2014 and why integrity always wins in Italian real estate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":380,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-clients-cases"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/italty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/italty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/italty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/italty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/italty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=378"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/italty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":381,"href":"https:\/\/italty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378\/revisions\/381"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/italty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/italty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/italty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/italty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}