Substituting One Mystery for Another Sometimes it’s a mystery why a “For Sale” home on MLS is sitting, unsold, after months (and months) on the market. Sometimes, it’s not. My clients wanted to see a certain Linden Hills home on Sunday, so I requested a showing on Friday. When I didn’t get a confirmation or...Read More
Two Showing Requests, One Cancellation If that basic math doesn’t compute, let me explain: The other morning, one of my listings received back-to-back showing requests, from the same Buyer’s agent. A minute after that, they sent a third email, simply saying “sorry.” What was going on? S(h)owing Confusion My front desk thought, logically enough, that...Read More
“Just Say ‘No'” — Home Seller Version If serious home Buyers (and their Realtors) usually plan their showings well in advance, it’s a good rule of thumb that last-minute showing requests are typically . . . just curious. See, “Dealing with Emergency Showings.” Which is why I give home Sellers I represent permission to say “No,”...Read More
Sellers who want their homes off the market over the holidays can elect to switch their status to “TNAS,” for “Temporarily Not Available for Showing.” Normally, that serves to put the kibosh on showing requests. However, in the case of my listing overlooking Lake Calhoun, it seems to have had the opposite effect: in the...Read More
“Wait Till Next Year?” (10 Days From Now) Tic tac toe? Try, my success rate getting confirmed showings in Minnetonka so far this week. Normally, two hours advance notice — at least for properties that don’t have renters — is enough. This time of year, though, you never know. So, on Monday, only 3 out of...Read More
Showing a Home Without Permission Showing a home without permission is a big MLS no-no: any Realtor caught doing it is automatically on the hook for a $1,000 fine. But the operative word is “caught.” Unless the homeowner happens to be home, it’s one of those transgressions that you’d guess frequently goes undetected. And even...Read More
