Edina Realty – Aaron Dickinson
Minneapolis/St. Paul Real Estate Agent
Motivated Seller – Come Back Next Year!
June 27th, 2007
Yes Folks, you read that right!
This was a quote from one of my buyers today… and he’s right on the money. My buyer came in from Germany (the country not the town), flying 1/2 way around the world to look at houses for 5 days. We had already narrowed down a list of houses to see before he came and quickly found one that met his needs. Unfortunately the inspection went poorly and we had to walk away.
When we walked away that only left us with 1/2 of a day to find another home. We requested 4 short notice showings (showings within 2 hours) and were only approved for 1! Two said they needed 24 hours notice (though no mention of that was listed on the MLS) and the third never answered any of the requests for the showing. When it was all said and done, my buyer and I had to concede that we were not going to find something for him before he had to leave.
When we were parting ways he gave me that line and it made us both think how crazy it is to be a seller trying to sell a home in this more competitive and slower market when you won’t let a ready, willing, eager and able buyer into see your home! Something tells me they won’t see a SOLD sign anytime soon.
Moral of the story: You can’t always say “yes” to all showings, but you better make the best effort to say it to every showing you can!
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Snow in June? Really?
June 5th, 2007
In this busy time of year, I see a lot of listings on the MLS. Amazingly, a significant number of houses are the market 120+ days have snow in the main photo. I did a random sample of 400 houses on 120+ days and found a total of 14 with snow in the photo.
If you are a buyer looking at houses online, what is your first impression about a home for sale in June that still has snow in the main photo? My guess is that it’s not a good impression… feel free to leave your specific thoughts below.
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