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How Should a Sacramento Home Buyer Deal With the Realtor Sign?

By Elizabeth Weintraub Sacramento Broker

Real Estate Agent with Elizabeth Anne Weintraub, Broker DRE #00697006

October 18, 2015 02:05 AM

A lot of pranks and whatnot seem to go on in Elk Grove lately, and I'm not really sure why. A few months back, some vandals swiped a For Sale sign out of a yard and hauled it over to the Elk Grove High School campus on Elk Grove-Florin. I suppose it beats burning down homes in Elk Grove.

Another prankster stole a sign in the same neighborhood near Bond Road, and that sign was recovered from a neighbor's yard, probably because the little thugs didn't know what to do with it. These signs panels and accompanying riders are big and are professionally installed, attached to an 8-foot sign post inserted into a post hole in the ground.

You can read more about how to handle for sale signs, especially after closing the sale of your home in Sacramento, in my personal blog today at this link: Can New Home Buyers Remove the Realtor Sign in the Yard?

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Les & Sarah Oswald

Realty One Group - Eastvale, CA

Broker, Realtor and Investor

In my opinion, kids nowadays have too much free time in their hands. There should be a FREE after school activity where they can join and volunteer to help uplift the community and their self worth.

Oct 18, 2015 02:22 AM

Elizabeth Weintraub Sacramento Broker

They were saying this 1,000 years ago, LOL.

Oct 18, 2015 07:22 AM

Kathleen Daniels, Probate & Trust Specialist

KD Realty - 408.972.1822 - San Jose, CA

Probate Real Estate Services

Elizabeth, If escrow is closed there is no reason for a for sale sign to still be in the yard no more than a day or day after the closing.

As for the punk thugs that are removing signs and moving them someone else ... that is just pathetic.

Oct 18, 2015 02:40 AM

Elizabeth Weintraub Sacramento Broker

Tell that to Lyon Real Estate. Their system for removing signs leaves room for improvement.

Oct 18, 2015 07:23 AM

Joe Petrowsky

Mortgage Consultant, Right Trac Financial Group, Inc. NMLS # 2709 - Manchester, CT

Your Mortgage Consultant for Life

We pull our signs off closed properties immediately after the closing, not reason for us the leave then around any longer.

Oct 18, 2015 02:56 AM

Elizabeth Weintraub Sacramento Broker

Ours are 8-foot posts inserted into post holes a couple feet deep, so some us vertically challenged individuals cannot even lift them out of the ground, much less stick them in her Porsche. Besides, it's not what we do. Agents here don't handle signage.

Oct 18, 2015 07:24 AM

Sam Shueh

(408) 425-1601 - San Jose, CA

mba, cdpe, reopro, pe

Most garage sale signs are stolen from OH.

Many agents do not remove them after closing. They treat them as free ads.

Oct 18, 2015 02:58 AM

Elizabeth Weintraub Sacramento Broker

That's terrible, Sam, doesn't your MLS have rules against that kind of behavior?

Oct 18, 2015 07:24 AM

Stefan Winter

Real Estate in IL & NV | Owner of Real Estate Web Tech | Daily Vlogger - Las Vegas, NV

Owner - Winter Group & Real Estate Web Tech

Kids are bored now days, why not go mess with other peoples hard work and life. No respect now days, but it is something we just have to deal with and hope for the best.

Oct 18, 2015 03:23 AM

Elizabeth Weintraub Sacramento Broker

I know, Stefan, they could be carving turnips instead of pumpkins for Halloween like you had to do as a kid, LOL.

Oct 18, 2015 07:25 AM

Mike Rock

Complete Design - Granite Bay, CA

Granite Bay Luxury New Construction...For Less

its sad, but pranks will always go on, some areas are more prone to it than others... for a cure i suggest a long range rifle :) ok.. not funny .. but if your the agent paying for the signs...

Oct 18, 2015 05:24 AM

Elizabeth Weintraub Sacramento Broker

Or maybe a loud bullhorn that goes off if somebody touches the sign: Step AWAY from the Realtor Sign.

Oct 18, 2015 07:25 AM

Hella M. Rothwell, Broker/Realtor®

Carmel by the Sea, CA

Rothwell Realty Inc. CA#01968433 Carmel-by-the-Sea

That can be quite a predicament for your brokerage if buyers don't cooperate with leaving the signs up after it closes. Signs cost money. Can you let the buyers agent know when the sign is likely to be picked up and they pass on the message? As to vandals, I've had a few of those. People (nice ones) called me from long distances away to tell me that they found my signs and I always went to pick them up and thank them.

Oct 18, 2015 06:36 AM

Elizabeth Weintraub Sacramento Broker

We buy the riders but the panels belong to Lyon Real Estate and the posts probably belong to The Sign Post Company. You'd think between the two of them they could devise a better system.

Oct 18, 2015 07:27 AM

Tammy Lankford,

Lane Realty Eatonton, GA Lake Sinclair, Milledgeville, 706-485-9668 - Eatonton, GA

Broker GA Lake Sinclair/Eatonton/Milledgeville

Our signs are removed the day of closing if it's not both our firms listing and buyer. My Donald is our "sign guy" and he does it when I say it needs to be done.

Oct 18, 2015 08:30 AM

James Dray

Fathom Realty - Bentonville, AR

By our statute if the home is not for sale and you don't have permission the sign must be removed. Therefore once the home sales to leave the sign at the property is a violation. Most agents around here remove their signs the day prior to closing.

Oct 18, 2015 08:15 PM

Chris Ann Cleland

Long and Foster Real Estate - Gainesville, VA

Associate Broker, Bristow, VA

I always let the buyers of my listings know that right after settlement the sign will be ordered down...and generally, within two days, it's down.

Oct 19, 2015 12:42 PM

Nancy Robinson Ranked #6 in MI

Century 21 Town and Country - Royal Oak, MI

#11 Century21 Realtor in the US, #16 in the World

My goodness, I hope that does not catch on! A lot of fads start on the coasts and become trends as they reach the mid west. Yikes! I hope you all keep this to your selves.