Do Buyers See Your Home As Closed For Business?

Tish, Thanks for the Ssssss :)  And not being able to show a home, particularly when it's the ONLY home the buyers want to see??  Particularly frustrating.

Joni, Much appreciated :)

Paul, Thanks!  And it's looking like a great week already....showed two houses Sunday, met with a seller Monday night and expect a price redux as a result, and today set a prelist appointment for Saturday! :)

Sue, Sometimes, I think people are just used to having life "easy".  Unfortunately, this isn't the time or place that a seller gets catered to by the buyers.  We can as listing agents give them great service, but they have to also step up to the plate and suffer some inconveniences to get to the end goal of selling their home.  It's not pretty, but it's reality until the scales tip away from the buyer and to the seller, and I don't expect that around here for a LONNNNNGGG time!

Jane, It takes so little to deflect a buyer from a home when there are SO many to choose from.  Most of our neighborhoods have about 6 months or more of inventory.  Drive a little further and the choices climb accordingly.

Margaret, Thanks!  We'll hit the 200k this week, and we've got 3500 points from two challenges that haven't credited yet :)  It's been a fun time getting here! 

And really, we know it's a hassle for the sellers, but much of this won't change and is an unfortunate and inconvenient part of selling.

Debbie, That is the bad part, they DON'T need to come back unless our seller has a really compelling property to bring them back...and those are fairly rare.

Dawn, It can be tough, we really do sympathize, but it's something they HAVE to do or may add months to the process.

Charita, Thanks!  It's the essence of the need for the sellers.  Short of a home being vacant, there's very few sellers that can accommodate every request, but they've got to be very close to it to have the most opportunity to be successful.

Ann, It's quite the calibration effect.  We've been fortunate lately with most of our subdivision sellers, they're usually QUITE aware of the market activity around them, who has what features, etc., so we don't have to spend much time on pricing strategy.  Their timeline to be gone determines how aggressive we get with list price.

Steve, Great to hear the experience from outside our area is still the same.  Those that assume the buyer is coming back are going to lose that bet most times, for just the type of reasons you mention...too tight a time frame, too busy, and too many other choices.

Gene, We recognize little time shift are going to need to happen, maybe 4 pm rather than 3 pm, but the outright "No" answers are killers.

Cinnamon, I've heard of the rare occasions where people have more money than they know what to do with and they buy sight unseen, but it usually involves beachfront property!  Doesn't happen that way around here!

Chris, Glad you liked it!  And thanks for the reblog!

Jon, Seeing that consistent theme through the comments, rejected buyers do NOT come back.  That opportunity for a sale is smoke with those prospects.  We've seen the same when the new time doesn't work, more often than not the seller will flex their schedule.

Fred, Microsoft Publisher clipart comes through again.  Just another case in life where there is often no 2nd chance.