Negotiating a successful deal -- Control time -- Play the players -- Learn to act -- Walk away a winner -- How to win a bidding war -- Negotiate the commission -- Negotiating a sales agreement -- Offer and counteroffer -- Leverage the inspection report -- How to negotiate with a lender -- Negotiating without an agent -- Negotiating with a builder -- How to bargain for personal property -- Prevail in an appraisal argument -- Negotiate on investment property -- Win the battle at closing -- Appendix : negotiating your way out of foreclosure.