Jan
18
Just when you think you’ve seen it all you absolutely know that you have not! I am constantly surprised by the things that sellers or tenants think are ok to have going on while the listing agent is holding a broker tour or open house. I cannot tell you how many times I’ve been on a broker tour and someone was asleep in a bed in one of the bedrooms. What is that all about? Why bother doing the open house?
I also have had the misfortune of walking into the wrong house during a broker tour. It was in a small development where the houses were close together and the sign was in between two homes. I went into the house that the garage door was open and all the lights were out, the house was a mess and there were shoes everywhere inside the front door. I called out and no one responded. I thought to myself, something is wrong here. So I went back outside, unbeknow to the owner of the home that I was there and discovered that yes, I was in the WRONG HOUSE! I felt so embarrased! Thank God no one was around. Just goes to show, no matter how safe the neighborhood, locking your doors while home even is not a bad idea!
Hi Kim,
I guess that’s better than finding someone in the shower!
Actually, I forgot I had that happen too. It was a tenant that forgot I was showing his apartment that was part of a 4-plex I had listed. Luckily he heard us start to come in and yelled out that he would be right out, could we wait. So we waited outside until he was dressed-I think he was more embarrassed than we were!