I will just come right out of the gate and admit it was completely my fault. Just because the luxury home was vacant did not mean the security system would not be armed and ready to deal with this unprepared agent.
It started out so easy and relaxed; walking up the nicely landscaped lawn area and casually opening the box, deftly inputting my code with one hand, thumb on the numbers, yanking the carriage out confidently, unlocking front door and grandly opening it wide for full visual effect, on behalf of my client standing beside me. Voila'! And then, the screeching of the alarm........
I had left the copy of the listing in the car. The agent remarks section had the code to disarm. By the time I ran back and grabbed it the entire community alarm system was raging. Bells and buzzers going off literally everywhere. A microphone magnified it from the street entrance to the development! Let's Tell The Entire Neighborhood Gene Has Entered The Building Without His One Sheet!
My client was amused. I was not. In fact, a cocktail is in order just thinking about it.
It won't happen again. I will read the entire page listing agents so generously spell out for me. I will carry it with me . I might even read it twice!
There has to be a few better stories out there. Maybe the spinach salad you had for lunch that miraculously stuck on your teeth for the rest of the day while previewing? Perhaps mismatched shoes you put on in that rush to get to the client's final walkthrough at the new development site? Oh, uh, that was me too.
Come on now, tell me your story, I'm the only one here..........
I'm listening, just for you...
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