The first snow storm of the year and I had an a couple appointments yesterday that i had to reschedule. Two of my clients were fine with it and the third had called me to cancel. I know some agents don't mind going out in the snow and neither do their clients, I am one of them in fact. But there are some reasons to reschedule and those reasons are pretty good.
On one of the appointments I was to go on, we were looking at a private owned home that was vacant. Not to mention my clients do not live in the area and would have to travel a distance in horrible driving conditions but i was also sure the driveway and walkways at the house would not be cleared. I did not want my clients to be put in a position to cause harm to themselves either while driving or a slip and fall at the home. Nor did I want to cause a situation of liability to the owners of the home or their listing agent for not having the walkways cleared for showings. Yes, I could have grabbed a shovel and some salt and went there a little early and cleared the areas myself, but it was still snowing hard and say I did clear it up and new snow fell before my clients arrived, now I opened myself up to that same liability.
One thing I know for sure about yesterday, not one of my clients were put in harms way because of me. I am sure if I had called my clients up and said I was still going to show the homes to them they would have went. If just out of not wanting to disappoint me or out of a perceived obligation of "well if he's willing then we should go too".
My point is sometimes rescheduling is in your clients best interest....
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