Anyone who watched the Sienfield show remembers the line "No soup for you." Uttered by the "soup nazi" to anyone he didn't like. For some reason this week it came to mind when responding to requests for showings in Northern Virginia.
On a fairly regular basis we will get a contact from our website asking for showings on properties. One of our first questions is "are you working with a Realtor®? When the answer is "yes" we refer them back to their Realtor® to arrange showings.
What is amazing is the number of potential buyers who then say "but our agent is busy" or "my agent is on vacation" as the reason why they need help. When we ask if their Realtor® left them with the name of someone who would cover for them, the answer is usually "no" or "I don't know."
As much as we would like to help everyone who calls us, if you are in an agency relationship with another Realtor® our answer is "nope no showings for you." I wonder if enough Realtors® say it to buyers who just want in the front door that it can become as famous as the "no soup of you."
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