Where do you want your buyers to park?

So we've had a cold snap up here that is sure to stick in the ol memory bank for a while. When you are bringing buyers to look at vacant homes whether REO or unfinished new construction (or a home with frozen pipes), the buyers can get really cold really fast! I was out with some buyers in the middle of this weather this past week, and got a little ticked off.

In Southern Maine and New Hampshire every winter we get cold snaps, and we get snow: It's a fact of life. But when you are selling your home, please remember that you are opening up your home to guests. That means shovel walkways, and sand them. If my buyers are coming in the middle of the storm, don't worry about it. But if these buyers are coming the day after, well, it's time to roll out the red carpet. Plow, snow-blow, shovel, salt and sand. If the buyers are worried about falling on their toosh, they are not going to be looking at how nice your entryway is or how cool your neighborhood is.

So I'm out with these buyers, a very nice young couple from Portsmouth, and low and behold, we should have brought ice skates on these driveways. And to make matters worst one of the the listing agent parks right in front of the entrance to the two houses she shows us! She takes the spot closest to the house so my buyers have to take their own lives in their hands for even longer on this icy surface. If I had not seen it with my own two eyes, I would not have believed it. I had to snap a photo with my blackberry, and quick before I feel on my own rear! What kind of impression did that make on my buyers? What kind of first impression will it make on your potential buyers? Make sure that your listing agent has good manners and common sense!

Joshua Holt, New Hampshire REALTOR
RE/MAX Coast to Coast
Portsmouth, NH
josh@calljoshholt.com
888-349-5678x 3850

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