Trying to set up home tours in the Silver Spring, MD area has never been the easiest task. Mostly it is because everyone has different appointment contacts: call the showing service, contact the listing agent, call the alternate agent, call the owner ...
Imagine, when you have a list of 5 to 10 possibilities you would like to show and your buyer is really excited about no. 2, 5 and 8 but it's proving to be a challenge to get a hold of the showing contact for no. 2 and no. 5.... and all need a window of time when our showing will take place of course.
Yes, it's not always an easy task and sometimes quite frustrating, for my buyers and me. I call and leave voice mails and just to make sure I also send an email .. you never know which will get the quickest response or any response for that matter.
As of late, it seems there is always a house or two I never get a response to begin with or I am being told "the house is already under contract".*
It's a sign of the times. The inventory in the Silver Spring, MD area has gotten low. Many homes go pending a lot quicker than they used to. Some get massive amounts of showing requests and others have open houses that feel like a zoo.
Thus, when I have to remove no. 2 and no. 5 from the list, it is not because I don't try hard enough to make the appointments nor because I don't want to show the homes. It is because they are "already under contract", a sign of the times.
*Why the status is not always promptly updated in the Multiple Listing Service is another topic and a post for another time.
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