Left Dangling (Dongling??) Like a lot of Realtors, I’ve been eager to upgrade to the new iPhone 5. The catch? The adapter — called a “dongle” — that lets me use my phone as a Smart Key to access electronic lockboxes doesn’t fit the new phone. The fix: essentially, “an adapter for the adapter” —...Read More
OK, so it’s not a lot, but I managed to shed about 8 ounces this week. Not from my waistline, exactly — more like from my belt. The explanation? I traded in my cigarette pack-sized “smart key” — what Realtors use to open electronic lock boxes — for a tiny, infrared adapter that plugs into my...Read More
Showing Condo’s The odds of a lockbox being unusually difficult to open vary directly with how pressed you are for time. –Ross Kaplan Q: When is being on time, late? A: When you’re showing multiple condo’s in an unfamiliar building. If you’re showing several condo’s in a building you don’t know, it’s always a good idea...Read More
How Not to Distract From a $10k Front Door Where does the lockbox go? That one’s likely a head scratcher: doesn’t the lockbox always go on the front door? Usually, but not always. If you’ve never bought or sold a house, the lockbox is the device that stores the house key(s) and lets Realtors (and...Read More
To: Whomever found my blog with the search query, “how to pick a Realtor’s lockbox.” From: Your friendly neighborhood Realtor-blogger. I hope whoever was searching the Web with the query, “how to pick a Realtor’s lockbox” yesterday is a Realtor who lost their combo code. Assuming that it wasn’t, though, here is a list of...Read More
Now, THAT’s Service One of the biggest emergencies a Realtor can have is to have scheduled showings and a waiting client — and no way to get into homes because their SmartKey is malfunctioning. That wasn’t quite my predicament late this afternoon — my showings are scheduled for tomorrow morning — but close enough. James...Read More