Pet Peeve of Listing Agents is Home Buying Sight Unseen
By Elizabeth Weintraub Sacramento Broker, Put 40 years of experience to work for you
(Elizabeth Anne Weintraub, Broker)
One of the services I offer my Sacramento sellers is, upon receipt of an offer, I always check MLS to find out if the buyer's agent had accessed the lockbox. We can tell if the agent opened the box. If we have 10 offers on a home, and 9 of the agents showed it and one did not, the agent who did not show the home is at a severe disadvantage. Because we will tell the seller that her buyer has not seen the home. A buyer must see the home. Having said that, I did buy a house in Hawaii that my husband did not see. It's not because he didn't have a chance to view it, it's that he wasn't in Hawaii and wasn't about to fly over to the island to isnpect a property that his Realtor wife had already viewed. But most buyer's spouses are not like that. Typically there are two decision makers.Now, I h...
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