Thanks Tony & Darcy - Her nature is very accommodating, her house is always spotless.  She goes out of her way for us, I just want her to be appreciated and treated well.

Hi Keith - I think that happens everywhere but doesn't make it right.  In our MLS we tend not to indicate that the home is vacant.  We're having a"copper-robber" issue....what next!  A suggestion for you (if you've not already done this) is to register your electronic lockboxes with KIM.  That way you'll be sure of a notification of who entered and when.  If I see an agent did not call to advise me, I'll pick up the phone and very nicely ask for feedback.  Hey - thanks for popping in :-) good comment.

Klarque - interesting comment.  Maybe it's because I live and work in a pretty small town (45,000 people) but the old pros around here are usually really good about following all the proper protocal.  If I could pin it down, I'd say it's more the out-of-area agents who are not as diligent.  Guess they haven't learned how ornery we can be ;-)

So Ellie - Not a lot of trust or bonding going on there!  Since I've never met you, I have no way of knowing if you're being funny or not.  Assuming you are being serious, would you allow someone to enter your listing without telling the seller just WHO to expect?  I had an experience recently (my house is on the market) where a stranger knocked on my door pretending to have had an appointment.  It was a con!!!....she didn't know I was an owner/agent.  There's a lot more to it than that but the police were called and I put out a warning to our local agents to be aware of this person's "modus operandi".  I had several agents call to let me know something similar had occured with their sellers.  Hopefully - and collectively - we put this con artist out of business in Titusville.  I'm a big believer in transparency so why would I, or anyone, not inform the seller just WHO will be in their house?  Sorry - I respectfully disagree.

Patrick- I don't think our MLS imposes fines, but not leaving a card is surely frowned upon.

Erica - Like she wanted to sweep you under the rug - not likely!  Well, hopefully this agent went on to garner some designations of her own thereby increasing her own professional image.

Vicki - All of us can forget now and then, but it only takes another minute to open the house back up and drop one off.  On occasion, if my card is already there, I might not leave another especially if the house is vacant.  But I still let the listing agent know I'm going in, she may want to call for feedback.

Kathy - couldn't agree with you more.  I always get name, company and phone number for all showings so I know how to reach the agent.  But sometimes things happen, the showing didn't occur and for whatever reason, I wasn't notified.  The card, or lack of, should both prompt for feedback.  All of my sellers' want feedback, every time (and they are entitled to it!)

The comment above about seeing so many cards and possible reactions to them is all in the handling.  I had one seller, very expensive home for my area; he never put the cards away.  In his mind it showed everyone how much activity he was getting because it was such a great house and you better buy soon 'cause someone else will.  This business is not "one size fits all" so best to fulfill each customers expectations/needs accordingly.

Hey Ross - how did you do that......your photo with you post?  Thanks for stopping by, but now you have to tell us how???

Hi Bob - LOL maybe you don't have to leave a card since you're the king of Sun City and everybody knows you.  Nice niche market, I used to live in Lighthouse Point and know just where you are.

Matthew - A pen is pretty cool especially if it's a really good one...Cartier should work well ;-)

Hi Joe - good analogy

Stacy-Ann, you really know what I'm talking about.  You hit the nail on the head "It was frustrating because we never knew whether we could relax or if they were just running late and would come running in any minute."

Hey Chad - I like the idea of the fishbowl, that's an keeper :-)