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First Time Home Sellers - Are You Worried About Security and Your Possessions?
A common concern of sellers when they list their home, especially if it is for the first time, is security.
Sellers worry that something may get taken, or damaged, during an open house. Or when the home is being shown by another agent. This is a normal concern and is to be expected.
Buyers will not see your home on their own (except during an open house, but your agent will be there) and will need to be accompanied by a licensed agent who can access the lockbox. So this adds some measure of security. While I do not believe it happens often, there are times when a homeowner has had an item taken or damaged.
The best way around this is to make sure that any items that are valuable, precious, easily broken, personally meaningful, or irreplaceable are packed away.
Since you should de-clutter or de-personalize your home in order to have it show its best (even if it makes it feel that it is NOT your home anymore), putting away those things that are important to you will give you the best measure of security.
RE: First Time Home Sellers - Are You Worried About Security and Your Possessions?
As diligent as most agents try to be, your buyers can split to different rooms, children can wander off, and basically the agent can lose visual control quite easily. I advise my sellers to be sure all valuables are locked away, including prescription medications. A client only needs a few seconds unobserved to pocket some treasure or Rx. There is always an element of risk involved in selling a home.
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Sellers worry that something may get taken, or damaged, during an open house. Or when the home is being shown by another agent. This is a normal concern and is to be expected.