I don't have any experience actually making an offer on a REO home, but I would suggest offer whatever you want to offer.. if it's lower than what the bank wants to sell it for they will counter back to what they will accept. You can keep on going back & forth until you agree on a sales price. Don't worry about offending the bank with a low ball offer.
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