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First Impressions - Can you find the lock box?!

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Real Estate Agent with Realty One Group Cascadia

Can you find the lockbox in this picture?

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This is a shot of a home that I brought my client to this morning. As we drove up, I told her to look around while I opened the lockbox to get the key. As my eKey beeped and revealed the key, she peaked around the corner.

"Oh my Gawd! What do you think the inside looks like?"

We toured the inside of the house and it was "a little better" than the outside. As we were leaving she commented that unless the seller is ready to do some serious clean up they had better be ready to offer a huge discount! She is so right! 

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Mark Hall

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Comments(8)

Mona Gersky
MoonDancer Realty, Dillsboro,NC - Sylva, NC
GRI,IMSD-Taking the mystery out of real estate.

Mark, let me guess...you rushed back to the office and wrote an Offer to Purchase, right?  First impressions are everything and this one says ick.

Mar 27, 2012 08:12 AM
Donna Foerster
HomeSmart Realty Group - Parker, CO
Metro Denver Real Estate Assistant

Mark~ Wow!  I'm actually surprised that your buyer was willing to look inside.  I'm sure there are many buyers that would NOT.

Mar 27, 2012 08:51 AM
Jim Patton
Aspire Home Real Estate 209-404-0816 - Modesto, CA
Realtor - Stanislaus ,Merced, San Joaquin Counties

Now that is a first impression to remember Mark.  Unfortunately not a good one.  Thanks for sharing.

Mar 27, 2012 09:00 AM
Tony & Darcy Cannon
Aubrey and Associates Realty - Layton, UT
The C Team

Mark, so much for making a great first impression!  Your client was right, clean up of lose lots of money in the sales price!

Mar 27, 2012 09:09 AM
Mark Loewenberg
KW of the Palm Beaches - Palm Beach Gardens, FL
KW 561-214-0370

if you can't find the lockbox, then someone is telling you something!  unless of course another buyer is playing hide and seek with it!

Mar 27, 2012 11:08 AM
Todd Clark - Retired
eXp Realty LLC - Tigard, OR
Principle Broker Oregon

Oh there it is, nope, Oh there it is, nope that is Waldo, Oh, I think I found it. Nope that certainly isn't it. Let's go!

 

Mar 27, 2012 02:29 PM
Mark Hall
Realty One Group Cascadia - Vancouver, WA
Homes for Sale Vancouver Washington

There really is a lock box in this photo. It is just past the brown recycle bin on the let side. Of course I had to walk through the mud to get to it!

Mar 28, 2012 07:56 AM
Tammy Lankford,
Lane Realty Eatonton, GA Lake Sinclair, Milledgeville, 706-485-9668 - Eatonton, GA
Broker GA Lake Sinclair/Eatonton/Milledgeville

ewwwwww I wouldn't even want to walk back there to look for it.  Who does that.

Mar 28, 2012 10:50 AM