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I explained that I am really busy at the moment, but work will let up in a week or so and I can be more flexible. That's all. That is not unreasonable.
If that is truly the case, maybe you should have waited until all this work frenzy was done and avoided all the angst about what the buyers were doing.
As long as he's not being intrusive or disrespectful, I still think the buyer should be given every opportunity to view a place as HE desires, if I really want to sell.
Maybe you should have waited to put the house on the market? I know in my case, I'd visit several times before making such a big purchase decision.
I had someone come 3 times to my suburban house, last time with a contractor. Never got an offer. Her realtor finally told mine that she was incapable of making a decision, mine was the 3rd or 4th house she did this! And I was standing in the driveway in the heat, with 2 large leashed dogs and my 3 cats inside in crates.
I understand, but I have to work and make a living. I find it hard to believe that potential buyers can't understand that. Since they don't seem to understand, I will assume 2 hours for the rest of the appointments.
My agent has asked the other agents to text her when they leave so that she can text me. We thought that would work so that I won't interrupt them and if they leave early I can get back to work. None have done so.
See this is your problem. Your agent needs to tell them they have an hour and you will be back then because you work from home. Then you go home in one hour. That is what I always tell my clients that work from home. Buyers will push the time frame all the time. Show up and they will go as planned.
So I sell a lot of acreage property and an hour for a showing with 7 acres is very normal. Anything less than that is hard to look at the outbuildings, and the land itself. It has also been my personal experience that buyers chit chat on the property which can be done at another location. Sometimes they just bask in the view, which is fine, but not at the expense of you being able to work.
So, if you were my client, I'd tell you to return home an hour later and go back to work.
It's not the looking that often takes a long time... it's the thinking and the talking. That's the part that shouldn't be rushed.
Think and talk outside, ask if you can take pictures. That's what I did with my re agent when looking for a home. One time we did have to go back in to look at something I had forgotten but it was quick.
If you are home during the day, just tell them to look at the office first and then go back in the office and let them stay looking at the rest of the house and if they need to check something in the office again to just knock.
This. If someone has come back to your house multiple times and is looking at it that thoroughly, then they must be seriously considering the house.
I don't know what it is that you do from home, but if you have a dedicated office or some particular space, simply tell the realtors that after an hour, you need to return to work, and will be in the office, but they can stay longer if they need to.
I don't know what type of work you do, but is it something that you could work on while at a library or a coffee shop, with a laptop and a cell phone?
and if you don't, then you need to figure such a space out. "Thank you so much for showing the home. However, on that day, I have a conference call at the end of your hour. I will be in X room. Please make sure you're done with that room, and preferably the inside of the house, by X pm"
It's a hassle. Just be grateful they aren't jumping on your beds, fooling around on your computer, or any of a number of things that have happened to us and to other buyers.
Is your husband walking he property line with potential buyers?
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