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Don't Show Your Home to Strangers Without an Appointment
Attention homeowners..... Please understand the importance of this post by J Phillip.
The other day a seller client told me that she showed her home to strangers off the street who knocked on her door and expressed interest in seeing the place without an appointment. She accommodated them. We don't know who they are, or even if they were qualified to buy. She just hoped they might be the ones. I told her to never do this again. Call me a suspicious New Yorker, but the risks outweigh the opportunity when you show you home to strangers with no appointment.  
Prior to scheduling a showing, we verify the credentials of showing agents, their contact information, and their licensure. Nobody gets an appointment without verification. If it is our own buyer, we verify their identity, their financial qualifications, and their identity. Otherwise, I might as well have a hitchhiker in my car. To not take these measures I expose my firm to severe liability and clients to undue risk. 
What can go wrong by letting strangers into your home without a proper appointment? Plenty.
Theft Violence Vandalism "Staking the place out" for future theft Identity theft That last point is a new one, but once someone can get a bill or some other personal item off your kitchen table you ... more

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