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Updated almost 2 years ago,
Real Estate Agents - Previewing Properties - What's the Point?
So I've got a property listed FSBO.
Since I listed it, I've had no fewer than 50 agents or their representatives contact me wanting to preview the property. I tell them it's tenanted and I'm not interested in showing it unless they are bringing a buyer.
That's the last I hear from them.
I've got a guy I'm texting with right now who also wants to preview the property. I ask him why. Any time I've ever bought property, and I'm looking at the property, it's my agent's first time seeing it as well.
So what's the deal here, agents?
Is my agent lazy by not previewing the properties he is showing me
Or
Is it as I suspect - all of these agents want to meet me in person to convince me to list with them, which is almost always the goal of every agent I've spoken to since I listed this FSBO.
Do you literally preview every property that comes on the market so you're familiar with it when you show it to your buyers? If so, how do you keep them all straight. How do you remember the differences between 123 Main Street and 125 Main Street?
Am I really shooting myself in the foot when I tell these previewers to contact me back when they've actually got a buyer ready to look at it?
Where's the reality and where's the bulls*** here?