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How Not To Sell Your Lindenhurst NY Home

By Jackie Connelly-Fornuff

Real Estate Agent with Douglas Elliman Real Estate in Babylon NY

January 14, 2011 01:30 AM

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How Not To Sell Your Lindenhurst NY Home

The brokerage where your listing is calls to make a showing appointment and you do not call back for days. Buyers will move on, guaranteed.

You are not home at the scheduled showing appointment. The potential buyer will never come back again.

You are less than cordial and make the potential buyers uncomfortable. Buyers will remember that.

I know I'm sounding harsh. I don't mean to be. I'm sitting here right now with 12 listings to show buyers this weekend and I have not heard back from every single one of them and I started scheduling 3 days ago. I'll be making one more call to each of them and If I do not hear back in a few hours, my buyers gave me permission to move on and schedule other homes to preview this weekend. They are miffed as to why no one is getting back to me.

I am working with 5 buyers who want to buy NOW. And I mean NOW. Buyers have choices and they all know this. It's no sweat off their back if they can't see your home. There are plenty of others to see.

I know you have a life. We all do. Things happen. Life happens. Please make it as convenient as possible to show your home. Thank you!

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Rob D. Shepherd

RETIRED - Florence, OR

RETIRED

Mind boggleing isn't it? In the poor sales economy you would think everyone would cooperate to the fullest.

Jan 14, 2011 01:35 AM

Glenn Roberts

Retired - Seattle, WA

I'm sure happy I don't have to deal with a booking service. Our mls publishes the #s of the occupant and we make our own appointments. A voice mail left on an answering machine is sufficient notice in most cases. Good luck, Jackie. I hope your ear doesn't suffer from too much phone contact.

Jan 14, 2011 01:36 AM

Jackie Connelly-Fornuff

Douglas Elliman Real Estate in Babylon NY - Babylon, NY

"Moving at The Speed of YOU!"

Hi Rob, Yes it is. I know people have lives. But if they want to sell their home, they must allow it to be shown.

Hi Glenn, I wish we could do that. In NY, we can't call a homeowner direct if the listing is with a Brokerage outside of mine. The listings are not the agents listings. They are the Brokerage's listings. However, I can call the homeowners direcly if the listing is in my office. I never have a problem then. I hope I don't get a brain tumor from using my cell phone constantly, lol.

Jan 14, 2011 01:57 AM

Toula Rosebrock

Diane Turton, Realtors, Forked River, NJ - Lacey Township, NJ

Broker/Sales Associate, Realtor, Lacey Township,

Hi Jackie:

It amazes me that people don't call back, and it happens all the time to boot.

I guess they think that a buyer will put in an offer based on the outside alone!

Jan 14, 2011 02:25 AM

Hi Toula, Funny how you said that. I saw a listing where it said they have a first accepted offer. Back up offers will be accepted for drive by only. Now who in their right mind will put in a back-up offer without seeing the inside of a home? Too funny.

Jan 14, 2011 02:53 AM

Judy Klem

Transition Stage LLC - Shelton, CT

Home Staging, Senior Move Management, Fairfield/New Haven counties

Hi Jackie - Considering all the news out there about the difficulties in selling homes, this is truly bizarre! What a way to do business. Great post - although I'm sorry for the reasons behind it!

Jan 14, 2011 03:13 AM

Hi Judy, I am making more progress this morning. I don't like telling buyers we can't see a home because I haven't heard back from anyone. Thank you and have an awesome day!

Jan 14, 2011 03:26 AM

Ellen Caruso

Daniel Gale Sotheby's International Realty - Glen Head, NY

Jackie, check out Barbara's blog, she did a spin off of you! You give it to us straight and I couldn't agree more...return calls. Even when my husband was in the hospital Emergency room, I saw I had calls and called them back as soon as I could!

Jan 14, 2011 03:34 AM

Hi Ellen, I'll have to check it out! In an emergency situation is more understandable if you can't right away. But I would have done the same as you :) I hope hubby is better. I will call you!

Jan 14, 2011 03:36 AM

Chris Ann Cleland

Long and Foster Real Estate - Gainesville, VA

Associate Broker, Bristow, VA

Inability to schedule, or keep appointments is a definite recipe for failure. If you can't get in to see the home, the nonverbal communication is that you don't really want to sell.

Jan 14, 2011 04:07 AM

Michelle Francis

Tim Francis Realty LLC - Atlanta, GA

Realtor, Buckhead Atlanta Homes for Sale & Lease

Jackie,

All very true. I had a strange conversation with a very rude seller and the buyers who were in the car at the time said to strike his home from the showing list - he was a wacko!

All the best, Michelle

Jan 14, 2011 10:04 AM

Renée Donohue~Home Photography

Savvy Home Pix - Allegan, MI

Western Michigan Real Estate Photographer

We have issues with tenants here hindering showings. This kind of stuff does NOT resonate well with buyers - at all. When there are too many terms and conditions to just see a house imagine the psychology that the buyers imagine negotiating a contract.

Jan 15, 2011 03:31 AM

Hi Chris, those are my exact thoughts!

Hi Michelle, that is all it takes. It's a shame.

Hi Renee, I hear ya on that one! I have a listing and there are 2 tenants. I have to say they both have been awesome when it comes to showings!

Jan 15, 2011 10:44 AM

Jennifer Fivelsdal

JFIVE Home Realty LLC | 845-758-6842|162 Deer Run Rd Red Hook NY 12571 - Rhinebeck, NY

Mid Hudson Valley real estate connection

Jackie this can be a frustrating situation to be in. You would think in this market getting a showing appointment would be easy.

Jan 18, 2011 12:54 AM

Hi Jennifer, you think :) I ended up getting all the appointments confirmed. Took almost a week to get it done though.

Jan 18, 2011 10:04 AM

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