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Real Estate Agent with Bettina Clairmont

Want to get your listing sold? Here are a few tips that would help the buyer's agent getting their clients to view your home and have a positive experience:

1. Enter your open houses into the MLS by Friday - many buyer's agents run the open house report on a Friday to prepare their clients for the weekend.

2. Install a lockbox if possible - it's so much easier for us to show your listing, if we don't have to make an appointment.

3. Stage the property or leave it completely empty - either situation is generally better than a cluttered place. If the owners still live at the property, make sure they declutter. Many buyers can't look past the furniture and decorations of the owner.

4. Make sure the property smells nice. I don't know how many times I entered a property and was greeted by some weird smells. If I don't like it, my clients probably don't either.

5. Make the disclosure package available early - either online or in paper form at the property. My clients often ask me what's "wrong" with a property while we're viewing it. If I've already seen the disclosure pack I can confidently tell them about all issues.

Many thanks from your Buyer's Agents!

Jennifer Esposito
JenRan Realty, LLC - Woodstock, CT

On item #3 staging, I think you are the only other agent, besides myself, who condones an empty house.  I think it gives buyers the ability to imagine their furniture in the house plus it allows them to see all the floor and wall areas (no more, "are they trying to hide something with that rug?"). 

Item #4 smells:  I was showing my listing to an agent and their buyers, my clients had made something with cinnamon just prior to leaving the house and it put everyone in a good mood!  The buyers immediately felt at home!

Oct 01, 2007 02:24 AM
Midori Miller
Talk 2 Midori, LLC - Daytona Beach, FL
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Bettina-great advice...I say disclose as soon as possible...get those objections out of the way.  Great post and thanks for commenting on my post
Oct 03, 2007 02:30 AM