If your home has been on the market for a few weeks, your real estate agent may suggest an "open house." Your agent puts up signs, gives you some pointers about how to prepare your home for showing and shows up early on Sunday morning. You may be tempted to stay around, but the best advice is to leave while your home is being shown!
When sellers are present at an open house, they can hamper the sales professional's ability to cultivate interested buyers, and can even squelch a sale. What would your response be, for instance, if someone strolls into your kitchen and says, "What awful wallpaper!" If prospective buyers know that you as the owner are present, they might feel reluctant to express their objections and concerns openly and directly to your agent.
If your objective is to get your home SOLD, the best thing to do is to get out of the way and let the sales professional do the job.
Tom Pendergast Prudential Bob Yost- Homesale Services 1680 Kenneth Road York, PA. 17408 Cell Phone: 717-880-2111 Office: 717-793-9678 Direct Number: 717-718-8550 Fax: 717-718-4087 Email: tpendergast@talktotom.com
Tom Pendergast was voted Best Realtor in York County by the readers of the York Newspaper and www.inyork.com. Tom has a team of 7 professionals to serve both buyers and sellers. His team has combined experience of over 100 years and rate in the top 250 of all Realtors Nationwide.