If possible, I would base my offer on the outcome of the survey ... and the
surveyor's advice based on the current market in that area ... and any other
info. For example, I almost picked up a boat that was at the time more boat
than I was looking for in a 1st boat ... it went on sale the morning I drove
into the marina at about 2/3 market value ... it was an estate sale, the
family did not want the boat, they told the marina owner just sell it. I
drove away, thought it over, came back about 2 hours later, it was sold. In
that case, there was no time to get a survey in before the buy and 66% would
have bought it. In other words, it all depends :-)




sciman wrote in message
ink.net...
This is probably a pretty newbie question, but I have found a boat I like
at
a somewhat reasonable price. We are talking a 40FT boat that is 5 years
old
so this is a considerable investment. In my offer, what should I be
asking
for? The obvious is pending an independent survey, but are there other
things? In today's market, assuming this is an average asking price, is
coming in with an initial bid at 80% too low?