This weekend I was showing houses, and while most of the appointments usually go pretty well, every once in a while you run into those situations where you just have to scratch your head. After all, everybody keeps telling us that this is such a buyers market, you would think that sellers, and listing agents, would go out of their way to accommodate showings. Think again.
When I'm showing several homes I normally give a one or two hour spread when I make the appointment. Too many things can happen if you try and cut it any closer than that.
One of the appointments required the listing agent to be there since there was no lockbox. I'm not a big fan of these but haven't generally had too many problems either. When I told the listing agent that I'd be there between 3 - 4, I thought that should have been acceptable. His response kind of surprised me when he said; "you're nuts if you think I'm waiting an hour for you."
The second one I had to make an appointment with the owner directly. Again, a little surprising because the listing company was a full service brokerage. When I told her I could be there between 3:30 - 4:30, she told me 3:30 was fine. I reiterated that it could be somewhere within an hour spread. "OK, if you're not here at 3:30, don't bother coming."
The last one I had an appointment between 4 - 5 and got a call from the showing service that my appointment has been "rescheduled." The owner "rescheduled" to between 7 - 7:30. Huh! Funny, the listing agent called wanting to know why I cancelled the appointment.
I'm going to chaulk these up to being out of the norm, or maybe a full moon, especially for this market. With the inventory being what it is right now, the buyers decided to pass on each of them. Too bad.
Richard Iarossi, REALTOR®
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I really think it must be a full moon. Some folks just don't understand!
It just makes me wonder if the sellers know how hard these agents are to work with????
Some people just have to have things their way. Too bad - it makes for missed opportunities.
GOOD MORNING RICH! If in this siutation, I usually ask the Buyer's agent to give me 15 minute "we are on our way phone call" -it helps if for some reason you are running late or they changed their minds. It's really not that hard! But it will be hard to sell a home like this! -- Gab
I've been running into similar problems this week. Its crazy when scheduling a showing is like pulling teeth. I have one home that my buyers wanted to see on Monday. I spoke to the agent and he said he would call me back and let me know., I heard nothing so I called back and left a message. I tried again for yesterday - still nothing. I left a message already today and I still have got no response. My buyer really wants to see it or I would have pitched the listing from Monday evening.