Open Houses (General Public / Broker)

Today is Tuesday which means I spent a good part of my day looking at a lot of properties throughout The City on Broker's Tour.

At about 3:40pm I parked in front of a condominium building and after waiting for a few minutes at the door, a doorguy lets me inside. I say that I am there to see a property that is open for the Brokers Tour, but I am thinking that I am going to have to hurry if I am going to have time to see all the other Open Houses for our clients.

The doorguy tells me that I need to wait for the agent, and that it is unfortunate as I just missed him. I have 20 minutes and 5 properties to see. In San Francisco. Hopefully without getting a ticket. And this guy says I need to wait for an agent who is probably at this very moment still in the elevator...this is going to blow the rest of my tour. I had to leave...

I feel bad for this seller. With this market, you want to make sure that you do not miss any buyers or agents.

This is an area that I am very strong in for my clients:

When you have a property for sale, it is never the only property on the market. There are typically lots of properties for sale. You always want to make sure that the property shows in the best light possible from the time a buyer or agent is at the front door of the building until the time they leave. And it would be even more perfect if the agent is able to devote their time showing the property to a buyer or their agent. I assume this is what a Seller would want.

How can a buyer or agent be in front of a building not see the property?

1. The intercom does not work (do a random sampling of some buildings...horrible)
2. The door person is not at the desk (they do yeoman’s work, no knock on these people)
3. The agent is in the elevator/unit/stairs and does not hear the intercom or cell phone
4. The buyer does not understand the directions to the unit via the intercom

I am sure there are more reasons, but this is more than enough.

Even when a buyer makes it into the property, interruptions from people calling to get let in can almost make it impossible to show them around and answer questions.