General Real Estate @ 18 Jan 2008 06:54 pm by judyorr
It’s freezing out and will be colder tomorrow. I have some buyers that don’t want to view properties because of the cold. Weather affects real estate in any state and city that has extreme cold, heat, rain, etc.
However, I am showing Chicago Ridge real estate to a new client tomorrow. I hope the lockboxes aren’t frozen. It’s bad enough to have to go out in inclement weather and it’s worse when you can’t get into a property because of a frozen lockbox.
The seller of the first house on my list told his brokerage that he didn’t want to show it at the time I requested. He asked us to come an hour later. However, I planned this showing based on my buyer’s request and I already had one appointment confirmed. This was the only other house I was showing this buyer. We would have to wait almost an hour after seeing the first property. I told the secretary to tell the seller that we would not be able to wait that long (bad weather or not)! She told me she’d try to get it set.
This particular home has been on the market for 182 days. If this were my home I would do whatever it takes to allow a showing to a potential buyer. But this isn’t the only seller who tried changing my appointment. I simply say, “Sorry, I have many other potential properties to show so we’ll forget about this one.” Most of the time I’m called back with a confirmation at the time I originally set.
Sellers need to keep in mind that many times we’re showing more than one property. We try to show them in a reasonable order and set them up so we can easily drive from one property to the next. When one seller tries to change our appointments, it isn’t always possible for us to do so if other sellers have confirmed. And depending on how far apart the properties are, it just isn’t worth going out of our way back to an area we were already in.
Remember, there is so much inventory out there that if a seller isn’t cooperating with a showing, I just move on to the next home. Buyers have so much to choose from they might never make it back to the home that refused to show. By the way, this seller ended up confirming if I would switch the appointment to be the 2nd one instead of the first. In this case, I was able to easily do so.
If you’d like to view real estate in Chicago Ridge just give me a call at my direct line at 708-536-8200 or use my Contact button here.
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