I Want to Show Your House, Please Let Me In
I have about 15 houses I’m setting appointments to show tomorrow and this has been one rare day. Some of the funny feedback I’ve received from listing agents as they’ve confirmed the showings:
- No showings Tuesday through Friday until after 4:00 p.m. The seller may be a day sleeper, but my buyer is off tomorrow just to look at houses. We live in a pretty big metropolitan area so returning to the neighborhood after 4:00 would be very difficult (traffic, exhaustion, etc.). Please let me in at 11:00 a.m.
- The key is hidden under a fake rock. Go through the gate and to the right is a stack of bricks. In front of the stack is another stack of rocks. The rock in the middle is fake and has a key hidden inside it. Please remember to put it back. (Last time I ended up with an extra key and am waiting for the agent to call me back and tell me so I can return it! My bad.)
- The house smells bad. A small animal must have gotten into the duct work and died because the smell is horrible. We’re working to fix the problem, so you may want to reschedule. Or just hold your breath.
- Like the chicken? Yes, my last name is Tyson. Like the chicken. No, we’re not related.
- The doors stick. The key works for every door, but when you get it unlocked all the doors stick. Just push hard.
- Don’t go in the basement. Don’t go in the back yard either. There are dogs. If you really like it, you can come back for a second showing when the sellers are in town because they’ll take the dogs away so you can really look.
- See #1. No showings actually tomorrow until after 5:00 p.m. Sorry, we’ll reschedule for a weekend.
I’ll report tomorrow how the showings go. If you don’t hear from me by tomorrow night, call for help! Wink.
