If your buyers separate during the visit, and you can't be with everyone, then go through the home once they're out and do a last check of all doors and rooms. The only time many agents have been bitten by this is when they were with one buyer and the other unlocked the door to check out the bedroom deck. If you don't follow behind them all at the end, you could leave an unsecured home.
Showing Homes to Real Estate Buyers Step by Step
By James Kimmons, About.com
Be sure to leave the home exactly as you found it. That means doors that were open should be open, and closed if they were closed. Make sure that all exterior doors are locked.
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- Did You do Effective Showing Planning?
- Know the Route and Don't Look Lost
- Have Yours and a Buyers' Packet of all Pertinent Information
- Knock and Announce Your Entry Loudly
- Is Your Lockbox Key Updated and Charged?
- Take Off Your Sales Hat and Put on Your Consulting Hat
- Without Rushing Them, Keep Your Buyers on Track
- The Way It Was Is the Way It Should Be
- Review the Day's Showings and Ask Questions
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