showing appointments: Showing Etiquette
- 09/01/14 11:09 PM
There is little that infuriates sellers as much as a buyer's agent who makes an appointment to show their home, and then never comes, having made no effort to cancel, either by contacting an automated showing service or by calling or texting the listing agent to let her know that for whatever reason, she and her clients won't be able to make it. This happened to my sellers during the Labor Day weekend. They had returned from their weekend getaway early to make sure the grass was newly trimmed and the house was in perfect shape for a Sunday afternoon appointment, … (6 comments)
showing appointments: We're Here to See the House, Not to Be Interrogated
- 08/12/14 08:51 AM
I arrived at a showing appointment about 10 minutes early, so rather than sit in my car, I went in to introduce myself to the listing agent, and do a quick preview before my buyer arrived. I thought I was being polite, but I didn't expect what happened next. As we walked through the first floor, the agent peppered me with a burst of personal quations about my clients: "Who are they and what's their story?" she demanded. I answered as generally as I could, but that didn't work. "How many kids do they have?" Well, actually, they don't have … (6 comments)
There is little that infuriates sellers as much as a buyer's agent who makes an appointment to show their home, and then never comes, having made no effort to cancel, either by contacting an automated showing service or by calling or texting the listing agent to let her know that for whatever reason, she and her clients won't be able to make it.
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