Realtor question - seller realtor participation in showings
May 27th 2017, 6:57 am
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Re: Realtor question - seller realtor participation in showings
Seller's agent is usually only present if it's an open house. I thinkit's generally believed to be best if the potential buyer gets to look around without the seller or their agent present. They can take their time and also allows them to feel like it is their future home rather than the home of the present owner if that makes sense?
I felt like needing to ask permission to open closets to see how big they were.
May 30th 2017, 1:28 am
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Re: Realtor question - seller realtor participation in showings
We met a seller's agent at an open house but he did keep himself out of the way and met the seller's agent for the house we close on in ten days when we had a home inspection carried out, handy as we were able to quiz him on some details that we might not have considered on a shorter time home viewing.
May 30th 2017, 8:18 pm
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Re: Realtor question - seller realtor participation in showings
Locally, from what I've heard, sellers agent is usually present if the house is used as a rental and tenants have pets, especially dogs.
Jun 2nd 2017, 3:44 pm
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Re: Realtor question - seller realtor participation in showings
closest ive been to sellers agent is them leaving their brochures and cards on the counter whilst we look at the home with our agent. This was the case when we were looking in Ohio, and again when we were looking in Texas.
In fact id go so far to say it was a good thing i never got to meet the sellers agent on this house as i wanted to deck her after all the hassle she caused us.
In fact id go so far to say it was a good thing i never got to meet the sellers agent on this house as i wanted to deck her after all the hassle she caused us.
Jun 2nd 2017, 3:56 pm
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Re: Realtor question - seller realtor participation in showings
We recently bought a house and saw maybe 20 houses. None of them (unless they were open houses) had the sellers agent there.
I never spoke or saw the sellers agent or the sellers when we bought our home. Just a really nice welcome package and a congrats on your first home note on the counter from the sellers themselves.
I never spoke or saw the sellers agent or the sellers when we bought our home. Just a really nice welcome package and a congrats on your first home note on the counter from the sellers themselves.
Last edited by Smartyy; Jun 2nd 2017 at 3:57 pm. Reason: Clarification.
