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Showing Your Home

Showing Your Home
One of the most important factors in selling your home is successful showings to potential buyers. Not only does this involve presenting your home its best possible light for every buyer, but it also means making it easy for potential buyers to schedule their visit. If you’ve already  preparing your home for the market  getting ready for a showing is a snap!

1. Prepare to Be Flexible

As soon as your Realtor puts your home on the MLS and other online sites, you’ll start to receive calls from agents asking to show your home. The process of showing your home can be exciting but also burdensome if you still live in the home. However, it’s important to show your home to as many prospects as possible, especially during the first few weeks of putting it on the market. While a showing may not always be convenient or work with your schedule, especially those that come up at the last minute, we recommend making every effort to show the home whenever an agent calls to request a showing. Many times, home-buyers are short on time and have a limited amount of time they can devote to seeing homes and if a seller asks the buyer to come back another day, most times it will simply result in no showing at all.

Remember, home-buyers lives do not get put on hold just because they are looking for a home to buy, they still have to go to work, attend little league games, go to dance recitals, wash the car and tend their to busy lives just like the rest of us.  Therefore, many times home-buyers are short on time and they schedule showings with very little notice to sellers. If a prospect does call with a last minute request to view your home, simply ask that they give you 30 minutes, this will allow you to prepare the house, round-up the family and pets, and then leave your home for the potential buyer to come and view with their Realtor.

IMPORTANT ADVICE:  DO YOUR BEST TO REMAIN FLEXIBLE AND WELCOME ANY OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE YOUR HOME SHOWN. THE MORE SHOWINGS YOU ALLOW – THE SOONER YOUR HOME WILL SELL


2. Always Use the Supra Lock-box

Never open the door for an agent or buyer and never leave the front door unlocked. Use the lock-box provided by your REALTOR®, which will keep track of visitors and ensure only licensed active REALTORS® can access your home. If you have children, tell them not to let any strangers come inside your home, even if the person says they have an appointment. Tell the children to check with the parents first or to get someone they know to help them. If you are ever unsure about a potential prospect call your agent to verify that the showing appointment is scheduled or if things just do not seem right call the police or 911 if necessary then your real estate agent.

Better to be safe than sorry.

Using your lock-box has a number of advantages, including:

  • More Showings – Lock-boxes enable agents to show your home more easily, which means more eyes on your house and a better chance of getting a great offer.
  • Enhanced Safety – There are few ways to show your home that are as safe as the electronic lock-box . Not only can lock-boxes be programmed to let people in only during certain hours (ex: no later than 8:00 or 9:00 pm), but they also electronically keep a record of who’s opened them. This electronic record can help track down troublemakers, should any problems arise.
  • Prospective Buyer Follow Up – Your Realtor can use the recorded information to follow up with buyers who passed on your house and ask them what they did & didn’t like about it.  This feedback  is used as a powerful marketing strategy that will ultimately help you and your Realtor make informed decisions and to better understand which changes or adjustments need to be made in order to make your home more attractive to home-buyers to get the offers coming in.

3. Turn All the Lights On

When prospective buyers are perusing your home, the last thing you want is to have them searching for light switches, thinking “This place feels like a cave.” Bright places are happy places, and you want your visitors to feel confident about buying your home. Follow these tips to make your home look warm and welcoming:
  • Open curtains and blinds.
  • Turn on all lights – fixtures, lamps, porch lights, garage, attic, basement- every light you can!
  • Turn on CFLs at least 10 minutes prior to the showing. CFLs take longer than traditional bulbs to reach their full brightness, so give them time to warm up.
  • Keep the lights on both day and night. Having your lights on at night creates a warm, homey feel and keeping the lights on during the day helps keep unflattering shadows created by the sun at bay

4. Clean Your Home Quickly – On a Moments Notice

While it may be difficult to keep your house presentable while you’re still living in it, try to keep your home as clean as possible while it is on the market.  Having a relatively tidy home will make it easier for you to be ready for last minute showings.  When you know potential buyers are coming, spend some time putting up the dishes from the sink, wiping down bathroom and kitchen surfaces, and putting away toys and dirty clothing. If you are in a crunch for time, it’s best to clean and straighten up the rooms of your home in the following order: entryway and kitchen, followed by master bedroom and master bathroom, and finally the kids’ rooms, if you have time. Be sure and hit these hot spots, as experience has taught us these areas can make or break a buyer’s decision.

5. Turn the Music Off

Buyers may not like your taste in music. If you are using noise to cover up outside noises, it’s better to let them hear and decide for themselves. There is one exception… If you have a spectacular media room, feel free to turn on a great action or kids movie, otherwise do not distract the potential home-buyers.

6. Leave Your Home

Once you schedule the time of the showing, we recommend leaving your home while the Realtor and his or her clients visit the home. Although you may have good intentions when you try to give a personal tour of your home, such actions nearly always have a negative effect on potential buyers who prefer to tour the home and discuss without the seller present. Of course, leaving your home may not always be possible (e.g. napping babies, an important conference call, etc.). If that’s the case, you should still allow the agent to show your home, but stay out of sight in your child’s room or stay in the study while potential buyers walk about the house. Typically, buyers don’t mind having a quick peek or even passing by a room where you may have to be at home with a sleeping baby or an ill family member.

7. Have a Pet Plan

Pets are a major distraction for buyers, whether positive or negative, so it’s a good idea to have a plan for what to do with your pet when it’s time for a showing. If possible, take your pet with you when you leave the home.  If you have absolutely nowhere to take your pet, use a kennel, preferably in the backyard, or in the laundry room or garage if it’s not too hot.  Warn potential buyers that your pets are still present to avoid any surprises.  Whatever you decide to do, make sure you can follow your pet plan at a moment’s notice.  Having a pet plan can’t be stressed enough.

8. Leave a Few Snacks On The Kitchen Counter

Leave a few different type of snacks on the kitchen counter including bottle water and a few sodas. Serious buyers may see 10-12 homes in a day and are usually hungry, tired, thirsty and a little cranky by the end of the day, especially on a hot summer day. It doesn’t cost much to put a few bottles of water, sodas and some granola bars out or some other simple wrapped up snacks. You would be surprised how much the drinks and snacks are appreciated by potential home-buyers.

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