Dear Real Estate Professional. Once I sign the listing agreement with you to sell my home, and we both share a moment of this warm and fuzzy, inspired for me by the fact that I have a professional marketing my property, and for you, by the tentative promise of a few grand - let's get something straight.
First, I expect that you will be able to find the time to actually go through my home, and learn its layout. I expect that you will know the exact size of my bedrooms, kitchen, living room. I expect that you will venture out back and actually notice the trees in my back yard, and that my patio is in fact enclosed, and that I do have tile floors in wet areas. I also expect that you will put all of that info into the mls.
Second, and i know this may be asking a bit much, i would love it if you could take some decent pictures of my house, including a few of the inside, cause, well, i think it looks pretty cool, and i think that might help my home's chances of selling.
Finally, I would feel great knowing that you know exactly who is looking at my home, and i don't mean virtually, i mean the people walking around my house. If you must put my home on a combo lock box, I am cool with that, cause i know you have other listings, and can't personally show mine to every buyer's agent wanting to see it... I've been there, and trust me, I understand. But since you, my dear real estate professional, have the code to the lock box that can open my home, I would very much appreciate it if you VERIFIED the information about the RE office and agent calling you for that bit of code... See, the thing is, to sell my home, i had put in all new appliances, and even bought some furniture to make my house look homey! I thought the 12,000 investment would pay off in the end, since the market is tough, and when you are handing the code to anyone calling you on a Saturday morning, without so much as asking them which office they represent, - you could be giving away my 12,000 to someone for no good reason, and since you didn't bother get their name and phone number, we'll never find my antique dining room table, and my Sears appliances...
I hope this won't put too much strain on our newly formed professional relationship, and frankly, if you don't feel comfortable doing these things for me, please tell me that upfront, and I would gladly look for an agent who wouldn't mind taking these steps to insure that my home sells, or at the very least, doesn't get robbed or damaged in the process.
Thank you very much!
A new seller...
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