How Difficult is it to See Your Listings?

Oh I cant agree with you more.  Some of these are family related in schedules of someone sellers busy lives. I have told listing families you have to prepare for the worse possible viewing times and make every day plans to escape on last minute notice (that one sudden viewing could be the sell)

WOW that is CRAZY!!!!  There are so many listings here in Phoenix, my dad is looking for a home and if it says, "24 hrs notice" he skips it.  There's give-and-take with everything, but 72 hrs notice seems a BIT excessive!  (Hence the 800+ DOM....)

Sharon Lord
Argent Decor
AZ Vacation Home Furnishing Service

Sellers who are making it difficult to see their home are just shooting themselves in the foot!  48 to 72 hours notice seems long to me.

Most my sellers ask for overnight notice if possible, but almost always they will do a short notice showing.  i undertand that sometimes it just isn't possible, but that is the risk the seller takes.

Lise: The more exclusive it is, the harder it's going to be to sell for sure. Congrats on getting that one under wraps.

Lise, great work!  I agree, sellers need to change their attitude to accessing to their homes...makes one think Do they want to sell their home?

I've reached a point where I prioritize listings not by price or location, but by whether they'er vacant or how much notice they need!  If you make it that hard to show, I'm not going to bother unless I absolutely have to.

Great job on the sale Lisa.  You would think even on the extremely exclusive properties that the sellers would be more flexible considering the extreme days on market.  Having such a small niche of people that can afford these homes the sellers should be knocking down your door to bring in buyers.   

Been there.  I hate it when sellers have unrealistic hoops for buyers to jump through. 

Lise,

You have hit on one of my pet peeves.  The list of instructions to show some homes is lonber than the lisitng.....can only showe btw 1-3pm on tue & wed.  Absolutely no showings on monday, must provide credit check & certified check with listing appointment, 72 hours notice required blah, blah, blah.

I always say about those sellers.....do you want to sell your home or not?  I preach ease of access to my sellers.  How many times have you been showing a listing and you drive past a home that is not on your list and the buyer wants to see that home right away?  I have had cases where that was the home I sold to the buyers. 

Smart sellers know.....make your home accessible, clean it up and out, price it right and it will sell much faster than the competition.

Have a great day

Leander

Lise,
It may not be the seller making so many demands.  If they are, then the agent should let them know buyers will find homes that are easily accessible.  I do understand sellers with small children cannot keep the home neat and clean and will need time to clean up, but that should take 30 minutes tops.  48-72 hours is unacceptable.  One of my clients will not look at appointment only homes.

Nothing more irritating than the prima donna agents who must accompany you to show the listing, but you can't get an appointment or return phone call.  

Sellers, let them in if you want to sell your home.   72 hour notice is NEVER going to get you an out of town buyer and, let's face it, a large number of the buyers in Metro DC are from out of town.  Great post Lise.