Negotiation
Strong negotiation is not a slogan — it is a record. Having helped 132+ families of sellers, buyers, investors, and renters find their way home, Jarvid has negotiated the situations where deals are actually won or lost.
Negotiation, demonstrated through experience
- Multiple-offer scenarios: structuring offers that win without overpaying — escalation strategy, appraisal-gap planning, clean terms
- Inspection negotiations: separating real defects from noise, then negotiating repairs or credits backed by the report
- Price negotiations: pricing analysis that gives leverage, and the discipline to walk away when numbers don't work
- Seller credits: structuring credits that solve problems instead of killing deals
- Financing contingencies: keeping deals together when appraisals or lending timelines wobble
- Cash transactions: speed and certainty as negotiating tools
- Development negotiations: terms, timelines and contingencies on complex deals
- Creative deal structures: finding the structure that gets both sides to yes
How Jarvid negotiates
Direct, prepared and unemotional. Every negotiation starts with the numbers — comparable sales, inspection findings, realistic alternatives — and proceeds from strength, not bluster.
Bilingual negotiation matters too: when every party understands every term in their own language, fewer deals die from miscommunication.
What clients say about working with Jarvid
“Working with Jarvid Cortes was definitely a five star experience. His knowledge and passion for real estate shows and it was very helpful as we were in the process of buying our forever home. Jarvid Cortes is my favorite bilingual realtor.”
Buyer review · Source: Birdeye — Jarvid Cortes @Keller Williams Realty profile (4.9 stars / 115 reviews)
“His negotiation skills enabled me to save over $50k in a highly competitive market on the purchase, he found a buyer for my condo at full asking price in less than 2 days and a renter for my investment property in less than two weeks.”
Melanie Andrews · Marblehead, MA · Zillow review, April 2026
“I was referred to Jarvid by a repeat client. Jarvid was professional and negotiated advantageous terms for us as his clients! He knows what he is doing and would definitely use him again!”
Lynda C. · Gloucester, MA · Zillow review, February 2021
Your next negotiation starts with a conversation
Tell Jarvid about your situation — buying, selling or somewhere in between.