Do you really want to sell your home in Maricopa?
April 21st, 2008 categories: Maricopa Real Estate
Today I spent the day showing property to a lovely couple from Wisconsin, looking to buy a second home in Maricopa. For about a month, I have been sending them listings, they have noted their favorites, such that we can narrow down the search and look at about 5-10 properties and possibly make a CASH offer on, while they are in town for one short week.
So many of the homes in Maricopa are short sales, REO’s and vacant, not a problem to show I think- Well what a surprise: at our first stop- per the MLS showing instructions: “Vacant on lockbox” OK- we get to the home, no lockbox, no sign, no looky for us. So this evening I call the listing agent- “Oh yeah- I will have the lockbox in the morning” I let him know that we will be out again tommorrow at 9 am- I ask “Will the lockbox be on by then” - “No, I am just waking up at 9:00 am- maybe by the afternoon”
On to the next home: “Owner/Agent” Showing instructions “Occupied/Buyer/Broker use Lockbox” So I call the “owner/agent” to set an appointment to show. “Oh I did not have a chance to put a key in the lockbox, can you come back tommorrow?”
On to house #3: “Call occupant to schedule a showing” So I call the occupant to schedule a showing. ” Operator: this number has been disconnected” Nice- so I call the listing agent “Oh they may have skipped town- I will try to get another number for you to call and set an appt.
I learned my lesson-if possible, I will call 2 days in advance to show property, hopefully this will help the listing agents prepare their listings to be shown, as they state on the MLS showing instructions- that one would hope are accurate.
Morale of the story: Don’t always believe what you read
I feel your pain! Doesn’t make you wonder how some of these agents stay in business?
Yes I did a lot of wondering yesterday and today