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Showing Success
Your home is on the market and generating buyer interest. Congratulations! Now, keep that ball of success rolling by avoiding these critical mistakes some sellers make when showing their homes.
- Don't make it difficult to show. Be flexible: Don't put unreasonable limits on the hours during which buyers and real estate sales representatives can view your home (for example, by stipulating no evening showings); stick to the hours you've established; accept all showing opportunities. The more potential buyers that you allow into your home can result in a shorter length of time that your property spends on the market.
- Don't leave your pets at home to roam free during showings. Some buyers may be allergic to, afraid of, or just plain dislike pets. As a result, they may be so distracted or in such a hurry to leave your home that they won't get a good look at it. So get pets out of the home during showings – take them out for a walk or drop them off at a friend's. If they can't be absent entirely, they should at least be confined to one spot until the showing's over.
- Make yourself scarce during showings. Just as your pets should be away from home for showings, so should you. Why? Because when you're home, buyers may feel that they're intruding on you and, as such, rush through their viewing, not taking in all that your home has to offer. Also, buyers may be hesitant to make comments about your property for fear of offending you, meaning that you and your representative may miss out on valuable feedback.
