Strong cash offer - not accepted

[Jeff Stoddard]

We put in our very first offer on an investment property here in Portland Maine. The property met our criteria perfectly so we went in strong with a full price cash offer. For reasons unknown to me, a different offer was accepted. I can only assume someone offered more than 100% of asking price.

I'm not going to let this discourage my REI aspirations

[b]Q: any ideas on getting creative with offers to sweeten them and set them above the rest?

I knew it was getting competitive but not this competitive.