CHAPTER 7 Showing Your Home While our Home While Selling It Yourself ourself You can take multiple steps to ensure success in showing your home while always considering your safety.
YOUR SAFETY WHILE S Y WHILE SHOWING YOUR HOME
Protecting yourself and your home during a showing is a serious issue. There have been cases in the past where sellers have been harmed and conspired against while showing their homes or after the showings are completed. After all, there’s no better way to scope out a home for a burglary than by having the owner show you around and explain the home’s security features, where all its doors and windows are, and when they’ll be home! There are, however, ways to ensure that you and your home remain safe.
MINIMIZE RANDOM DROP-INS
If you have a “For Sale” sign up in your yard, ensure that “Showings by Appointment Only” is listed with your phone number or agent’s. This will help to keep random people passing by your home from trying to come inside and inquire about the sale. If they call you or your agent about the sale, you will have time to look into them and speak to them over the phone instead of a first-time face-to-face interaction immediately. However, be ready for people who will come up and knock on your door regardless of the sign you posted. Before you allow them into your home, ensure that you speak to them for more 54
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