I have been showing lots of homes recently, and several things have caught my attention that seem to be working against a seller. Here are a few of them.
1. 24 hour notice for showings. I do understand why some folks need to do this, but many times I find out the day of a showing that a client wants to see a home that day. If there is a 24 hour notice the client usually decides to skip that home. It is sort of an impulse buy thing. I know other agents will not even attempt to show a home with a long delay.
2. The Seller says, "I'm sorry it just is not convenient for me today for you to see my home. can you reschedule? This happened to me yesterday. My clients had just that day to look and they were intent on buying. That home did not get shown. I know things do come up that make showing a home inconvenient for the Seller, but the less you say no to showings, the better chance you have of selling.
3. Terrible pictures or none at all. I talked to a seller the other day who was asking me why she had so few showings and I told her tat her 24 hour notice was one reason, and the pictures being shown were all blurry. She said she took them and the agent never came back to take any other pictures. The listing is 8 months old.
The key to getting showings are being patient, being available, and presenting the listing well. There are many other things of importance, but these are the problems I have seen just in the past week.
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