One way to help your real estate agent sell your Ocean City home is to make it available. Selling a home is not unlike any other kind of selling. If a department store is usually closed, it cannot sell its merchandise. You can imagine how long a store like that would be in business.
I’ve heard agents complain that some sellers, who insist on a fast sale often are not available when buyers want to drop by. A buyer may be in the area for just a few days and have only two hours left to see your home. There are always reasons (excuses) why a house is not showable: You just returned home from work, you are tired, the house is a mess, neighbors are coming over for coffee, etc.
Bear in mind that no prospect will buy your home or condo if he or she doesn’t see it and fall in love with it! Also, a prospect may be willing to wait a day before seeing your house, but, in the meantime, may see another house similar to yours and fall in love with that one and make an offer on it. If your home had been seen first, it might have been THE ONE and now off the market. Lastly, if it becomes routine that your home is not available or “difficult” to show – real estate agents will stop trying. Please, you have decided to put your home on the market, let us show it! Someone will love it!
