appointments: In Baltimore All HomeRome Listing Appointments Are Made By Me! - 03/24/12 08:19 PM
In Baltimore All HomeRome Listing Appointments Are Made By Me! One of the most important things I do in my business is make my own appointments. Not a coordinator, not a Centralized Showings and not an assistant. This is the service I give to my clients. Sure if it is a vacant property a Lockbox with 'show anytime' is fine for many. If I have taken the responsibility to list the property, I will take the responsibility for getting agents and buyers into the property.
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appointments: Yes I Still Make My Own Appointments! - 08/16/11 10:57 PM
Yes I Still Make My Own Appointments!
One reason.... It is my way of servicing my clients and staying in touch.
Had an agent email me at 1:00 AM wanting to show one of my listings at 10AM, this same day!
When I checked the email...it was still too early to call the seller. Before 8:00 am the agent calls, asking for the 10:00 AM showing.
I was able to reach the seller but could not arrange the showing until 12noon. That was not acceptable to this agent. "I have lot of showings."
Out of curiosity, I … (44 comments)
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appointments: A Last Minute Appointment! To Show Or Not To Show! - 08/10/11 10:11 PM
A Last Minute Appointment! To Show Or Not To Show! If you have been following me, you know that I always make my own appointments. This evening at 5:29 I receive a call from an agent requesting a showing for one of my listings. No problem, what day and time would you like to make this appointment? The agent and the buyers are in front of the house and want to see it NOW! Whoa! My delightful seller has two young children and may be in the middle of dinner and everything else that goes along with taking care of … (33 comments)
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appointments: Do You Know Who You Are Dealing With? - 01/22/11 12:18 AM
Thanks to Charita for reblogging a post by Laura Salinsky's three offers.
From experience, I can relate to this post from a buyer's agent point and from a listing agent's point.
Many years ago, my buyer clients were viewing a home with me and the owner was home. This buyer expressed serious interest asking specific questions of the seller.
About an hour later, the listing agent called with a hurry up and stating she had 2 offers and was presenting at 7 PM. When I relayed this to the buyer, her response: "I am not interested in a bidding … (22 comments)
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appointments: Automated Showings and Automated Follow-up? No Thanks! I Make My Own! - 01/28/10 10:26 AM
Automated Showings and Automated Follow-up? No Thanks! I Make My Own!
Last weekend I had a really good reminder of why I make my own appointments and do my own follow-up. Here's what happened.
I made an appointment with the showing desk of a large brokerage for Saturday at 2:00 pm. At the appointed time, we went and spent an hour or so at the property with the buyers and some family members. As we were leaving the seller came home, and the buyers and seller had a very nice conversation about the home, the neighborhood, some repairs that had been … (109 comments)
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appointments: It's Not Lockboxes...It's How Agents Use Them! - 12/27/08 08:47 PM
There are two featured posts that have caused a lot of conversation. One is When marketing flies in the face of convention, the noise can be deafening! and the other is Are you Cheating your Sellers by using a Lockbox? This illustrates exactly why I wrote Real Estate the Rome Way. Look how these two people - one an agent, one a trainer - approach the subject of lockboxes and showings. I am not at all opposed to the lockbox, in fact many of my listings have them. However, that does not mean there is a blanket invitation at … (67 comments)
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appointments: Don't Do Anything You Don't Want To! - 06/26/08 06:59 PM
The other day I was talking with a older person whose family was trying to get her to move. I found myself saying emphatically: "Don't do anything you don't want to. But DO everything that you want to." And when I was done, it felt good and right.
I thought about how this simplifies my business and my life:
I don't want to work with clients who are unpleasant to me or others…so I don't. Life is too short for that kind of aggravation. I don't want to cut my commission (which would mean that I would have to cut … (16 comments)
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appointments: Yes, I DO...Part 2 - 06/14/07 11:13 AM
I just couldn't let it go, this topic of listing agents wanting to be present during a showing. Last February I talked about how I make my own appointments, and as often as possible, I also do the showings. It's not that I don't have enough to fill up my time – does this calendar look as if I have nothing better to do? And no, I'm not a greedy listing agent wanting to steal buyers; I have all the referrals I can handle and then some. What I do want is to get the house sold!
It all comes down … (28 comments)
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appointments: Yes, I DO! - 02/10/07 03:07 AM
No not that that kind of "I Do"! But as a listing agent I do make my own appointments!
Every once in a while, when I'm talking with another real estate agent, the subject of appointments comes up. When I say that I always - yes, always - make my own appointments, I can almost predict what will happen. The eyes widen, the brow furrows, there's a quick intake of breath, and then, "You're kidding!"
No, I'm not. "But doesn't it waste your time?" they ask.
Showing the wrong house to the wrong buyer, that wastes my time. Making my own appointments saves time … (56 comments)
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appointments: Better than a pay check! - 07/21/06 06:55 PM
I received this letter today. My husband says I work for thank you notes and I have to agree.
"Dear Margaret:We find it amazing that we never got around to thanking you for all of your effort in selling our home of over 41 years.Phyllis and I were talking about a range of things last night, and the conversation came up about some friends who could not understand why we did not try to sell the house ourselves in such an active market, or use one of the discount realtor services. Everyone seems to have stories of houses sold to the first … (8 comments)
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