Here's your Friday chuckle: ( this is true )
My daughter was setting up showings today for tomorrow. The listing office told her to call the seller. So she called and said,
"Hi, this is Christa from Keller Williams and I would like to show your home tomorrow between 11:00 and 12:00."
Silence
"Sir, would it be possible to show your home tomorrow?"
"Oh, hell.........I'll have to get up and clean up the house"
In this market, in sub degree weather, is this seller motivated or what?
Seriously...this happened 5 minutes ago.
Have a great weekend... sell lots of houses.
Well I predict that that property well be a real winner. And neat as a pin of course.
Aren't people just amazing <shrug>
That's funny.
When do you think the last time they changed the furnace filter?
Widggy, Thanks, that was a good one. I had a seller who never opened their home finally canceled because the stress of keeping the house clean was just too much on them.
Maybe Christa just caught him in the middle of Oprah...
People never cease to amaze me. Hard to believe people still don't get it.
Yep, they've all lost their minds - I tried to set an appointment to show anupscale property tomorrow and the listing agent told me I would have to wait until Monday and I would have to go "during work hours"!
I just sat there waiting for an explanation - death in the family, sick kids or what - finally she said her seller did not like to disrupt their family time by having to leave for weekend showings. I said sorry, my buyer is flying out on Sunday and is going to by a house this weekend, her reply "thank you for considering showing it". I didn't know whether to laugh or cry!
"Well thank you sir, we'd really appreciate it! That'll be around lunchtime, how bout' some sandwiches and cookies too!"
I'm so glad we never have to talk to sellers in scheduling appointments...on other companies listings just the showing service, front desk, or listing agent gets to hear that sort of thing.
I was turned down on a second showing last week, on a condo where there are four more units available.
Funny but I do agree with Jason, at least he thought about cleaning. Be thankful the small things! LOL.
Always fun to hear from you, and thanks much for your comment on the seer.
Like the motivated seller bit here. We've got one right now that's a real doozy. He'd be motivated if we gave him an offer in cases of beer... and you know the rest of that one.
cheers
Missy - Call me devil's advocate again here, but there could be another explaination... The seller might work an odd shift and perhaps was catching a nap when the phone rang. That would explain the silence. Another possibility is that they are selling due to health reasons. When confronted with something like this, I usually ask if there's another time that would work better. One time I found out they were having a teenage party with some sleeping over and it took the parent a moment to figure out if she could get everything done on time. As a mother, I understood. We agreed on a slightly later time for breathing room. Another time I found out the seller had just had surgery and medication was to blame.
I'd be curious enough to read a follow up to what happened here.
Check the days on the market. If it is not selling you may have the first hint.
Also shame on the agent. I never have the buyer's agent call my clients to make a showing appointment.
Good point Randy... is that the practice in your area? To have the BA call the seller to set showings, or is this a "limited" ie: I got your money and dont care if your home EVER sells... broker you were "working" with?
Randy and Mark, in our market very few Realtors have us call the sellers to set up showings. Only the discount brokers and that is usually in the remarks. This was not a discount broker.
I'll post back after the showing.
Missy.... from reading some of these comments, realtors do business differently in some areas. ..when it comes to showing homes and setting up appointments. What kills me is how can someone actually think that they can sell their house as a mess.