Not a Bad Tornado Shelter, Either (Assuming You Can Get Into It) After showing, I dunno, 5,000 homes over a decade, the surprise isn’t how much is familiar by now, but how much is (still) new. Like the home with a rather massive basement cistern I showed earlier this week. At first, it was a...Read More
“Sold, Subject to Inspection” I don’t do it that often, but today I showed clients a home that already sold. With their knowledge and consent. Why waste time showing a home that’s already spoken for? Because this particular home — in East Edina and listed at $300k — sold in multiple offers after all of...Read More
Will Scathing Feedback Lower the Seller’s Price? I’ve certainly taken my swipes at the seemingly ubiquitous showing feedback forms that Buyers’ agents receive after they show a home. The main knocks: they ask for information no good Buyer’s agent is going to provide — e.g., “what is the home worth?” — especially if they have a client...Read More
No, it’s not what I put in the showing feedback I sent the listing agent. But, I just showed a (very) dated Minnetonka townhome that suffered from what I’ll call “the 3 Deadly ‘L’s”: —Laminate countertops; —Linoleum floors; —And Lots of it . . . And while it’s certainly possible to discount the price sufficiently to...Read More
“Dear Seller: About That Restrictive Showing Time Window . . “ Sellers won’t like to hear this, but there’s a double standard when it comes to accommodating showing requests. Namely, if a legitimate Buyer can only see your home after 7 p.m. in the evening — you try to accommodate them. However, as a Seller,...Read More
Spying on the Buyer, or “Electronic Chaperones?” Every breath you take Every move you make Every vase you break* Every step you take I’ll be watching you –Sting; lyrics, “Every Breath You Take” Frankly, I’m surprised that it took until late 2011 to hear about it: a (creeped-out) colleague reporting that the home she just showed...Read More
