Showing Overview

Showing a house: Overview

Showing a home

You advertised and promoted your home. Now it's on with the "showing".

This selling step will address your apprehensions about appointments and open house showings. We'll boost your confidence to that of a veteran agent after you become familiar with the discrete nuances of how to show your home. 

Whether a home is marketed by-owner or with an agent, the Showing topic will provide helpful tips concerning subliminal selling techniques, promoting buyer urgency, problems with pets, showings with two minutes notice–and more.

Should you encounter tough buyer questions, we've even included a test to see how you stack up in handling potential issues.

If you're listed, we urge you not to skip this topic even though agents push this one major point: they tell the owners to leave before the showings. If the owners insist on staying, this could create an uncomfortable atmosphere, lead to a hurried showing and a missed selling opportunity. So, disappear before the appointment time. 

It's extremely rare if you have someone visit your home with the intention of stealing something. That's because their very presence gives you an up-close visual, something thieves don't like. But to be on the safe side and eliminate temptation, carefully hide small items of value, especially those in bedroom drawers (jewels) and dining room drawers (think silver) as well as any prescription drugs in medicine cabinets.  

 

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