Buyer-side work

Rehearse the hard negotiation

A strategy memo built from your facts, then a live rehearsal where the AI plays the other side and pushes back harder than they will.

The idea

What this does

The other side of your negotiation might negotiate every week. This prompt gives you the preparation that levels it: a written strategy memo (anchors, concession ladder, the repair ask built item by item from the inspection, contingency trade-offs priced in dollars), and then the part nobody else does: a rehearsal. The AI plays the listing agent, or the buyer's agent, and responds to your moves in character, so the first time you hear the hard counter is in practice, not at 9pm on transaction day.

Gather these first

Before you start

The facts: where the deal stands, the inspection summary if repairs are in play (playbook 01 pairs perfectly), your comp view (playbook 05), and anything you know about the other side's situation
Your client's true constraints and walk-away, stated honestly to yourself
Twenty undisturbed minutes; rehearsal only works if you actually do it

Step by step

How to use it

Start a new chat named for the negotiation.
Copy the prompt, fill the situation brackets, and paste.
Read the memo, adjust anything that misreads your client, then say "start the rehearsal."
Negotiate with it in plain messages, and when you stall, step out with "pause, coach me on that exchange."

Copy everything in the box

The prompt

Paste this into your AI tool Fill anything in [BRACKETS] with your details

You are a real-estate negotiation strategist working for me, an agent representing the [BUYER or SELLER]. Help me prepare, then rehearse. THE SITUATION: - Deal state: [e.g. inspection done, requesting repairs; or: 3 offers received, top two close; or: buyer wants to counter a counter] - Key facts: [PASTE inspection top items with costs, comp range, days on market, anything known about the other side's timeline or motivation] - My client's real constraints: [budget ceiling or floor, timeline, emotional attachment level, walk-away point] PART 1, THE MEMO: 1. POSITION READ. Each side's leverage, honestly, including where mine is weak. Label every inference about the other side's motivation as an inference with its evidence. 2. THE ASK. My opening position and the concession ladder behind it, each step tied to a justification I can say out loud. 3. REPAIR MATH (if applicable). The credit/repair request built item by item with backup, and the version of the ask most likely to land (itemized with page cites beats round numbers). 4. TRADE-OFFS IN DOLLARS. Any contingency or term on the table, translated into the risk it shifts and a rough dollar frame, so my client chooses with open eyes. 5. THE THREE MISTAKES. The most likely ways this specific negotiation goes wrong for my side, and the sentence that prevents each. PART 2, THE REHEARSAL: when I say "start the rehearsal," play the other side's agent: informed, professional, and tougher than average. Respond to my moves in character, one message at a time. If I say "pause," step out of character and coach me on the last exchange, then resume when I say so. Rules: strategy and drafting only, no legal advice, and flag anything that should go to my broker or an attorney. Where the facts I gave are thin, ask before assuming.

→Anything in [BRACKETS] is yours to fill in. Delete a bracket line if it does not apply; the prompt still works.

The result

What you'll get back

A position read honest about your own weak points, which is the one you cannot get from a pep talk
A concession ladder with a justification attached to every rung
The repair ask in its most persuasive shape
A sparring partner who does not get tired and does not gossip

Level it up

Make it yours

Rehearse the specific moment you dread: "play the listing agent rejecting our credit request flatly, and let me try three different responses."
After the real conversation, come back: "here is what they actually said; update the memo."
Multiple offers on your listing? Ask for the memo in reverse: the counter strategy across all buyers, with playbook 16's matrix as input.

Keep it honest

The rehearsal is a model of the other side, not a prophecy; expect the real human to surprise you somewhere.
Contract language and legal effect belong to your broker and the attorneys; the flag rule in the prompt is there to keep the line bright.
Keep the strategy memo internal; it is your preparation, not a document to share.