HOUSES SOLD BEFORE SHOWINGS??

[Stephen Foltin]

Hello BiggerPocket Friends,

I am in Charlotte NC and have been looking for a house for over a year now. I am in the $300-$475 range and have had the worst luck when it comes to trying to secure a house. I have been outbid four times and every time I was the second best offer.

The biggest issue I have had is I will get email of new house on the market from the MLS, it will have been active not even 1 hour, and when I reach out to my agent there has always been some excuse to why we cannot book a showing(they arnt doing showings until next week because carpet is being cleaned, etc.) Then within the same day the house ends up "under contract" and my agent claims someone bought it site unseen.

This has happened over 20 times and I am having a very difficult time believing that all of these houses are going “site unseen”. Has anyone else experienced this or can shed light on what these site unseen offers look like?