Should I be doing showings/viewing if I'm still a year out?

[Daniel Lynch]

Should I be doing showings/viewing if I'm still a year out? I'm asking because I would love to go an actually walk around and see what is typical. What I found is most properties on the MLS don't have many interior pictures. I would rather know things to look for sooner than later, but am I wasting my agents time? Any thoughts on this strategy?

[Jay Hinrichs]

Originally posted by @Daniel Lynch:

Should I be doing showings/viewing if I'm still a year out? I'm asking because I would love to go an actually walk around and see what is typical. What I found is most properties on the MLS don't have many interior pictures. I would rather know things to look for sooner than later, but am I wasting my agents time? Any thoughts on this strategy?

 YUP no agent is going to spend there time when U cannot transact and I am sure if the shoe was on the other foot you would not want anyone just playing you.

what you can and should do though is go to open houses.. this is free to all.  and also go to new home developments that have show homes.

this is what my wife and I do when we travel.. or even in town.. to keep up on trends etc. of course being agents we can get into any listed property ( as long as we follow showing instructions).. 

In addition if you have home improvement shows and the like go to those.