The day you decide to list your home for sale, is the day it is no longer your home. Everything now needs to be focused on making it the next buyer's home.
Some of these simple tips will provide the ease of access that the Modern Home buyer expects. They all want instant gratification and will not wait hours or days to schedule a home showing.
Scheduling platform: utilize the automated scheduling platform provided by your agent, and for ease of scheduling for the buyer's agents. Have your agent set you up on the automated scheduling, making sure you receive notifications of all appointments via text or email. If you chose to approve each, be sure to respond immediately to any requests and to make available as many times as possible on the calendar for immediate scheduling by a buyer's agent. For example, if you are at work most of the day, open up the schedule for all day availability. Make the home as show ready as possible at all times.
Consider it to be classified as a "Go and Show" on the scheduling platform. This way, a buyer's agent can access it almost immediately, without having to wait for a confirmation. Most buyers conduct their home tours in the late afternoon and early evening or on the weekends. Take this into consideration when setting up the schedule. Make it as available as possible for buyers to come have a tour.
Considering the changes to business caused by the Coronavirus, the multiple listing service (MLS) has decided to implement new status definitions ahead of schedule, effective 4/1/2020.
Ironically known as the "Clear Cooperative Policy," this is now implemented to comply with National Association of REALTORS standards. Home sellers now have the choices of marketing their home under Active, Coming Soon, Withheld, Hold, Withdrawn, or Cancelled statuses. These listings must be available in the local multiple listing service (MLS) within five (5) business days of the seller signing a listing contract with a real estate broker.
Within one (1) business day of marketing a property to the public, the listing broker must submit the listing to the MLS for cooperation with other MLS participants. Public marketing includes, but is not limited to, flyers displayed in windows, yard signs, digital marketing on public facing websites, brokerage website displays (including IDX and VOW), digital communications marketing (email blasts), multi-brokerage listing sharing networks, and applications available to the general public.
Buying or selling a home can be a stressful and worrying time. Here at HomeTraq we want to make sure you are given the options of the best people to get the job done but what are the signs that it may be time for a new agent?
Viewing a property can take longer than expected with balancing your schedule and the agents schedule, HomeTraq is designed to streamline your experience
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