Kids don ' t like chaos. It is very stressful on them. They might start acting out more or requiring extra attention to combat the stress.
You have to clean the house from top to bottom. This is stressful on your spouse. He or she has to help with cleaning the house every time there is a showing.
Once the cleaning is over, your spouse gets to take the kids to the park. That can be hard work by itself, but it is even harder after spending all day at work.
Your pet gets locked in a crate. If you have a dog, then he can ' t run around during the showing. He can ' t even run around while you are cleaning up the house. That means he gets to spend hours in his crate when you have to show the house.
You do all of this, only to risk showing the house to someone who was never going to buy it in the first place.
It ' s sad but true. Most of the people who look at a house are not going to purchase that particular house. Oftentimes they are not serious buyers. Or, they are not interested in your house and are only looking at it because of curiosity.
I’ m going to let you in on a little secret.
Many Realtors show buyers a bunch of houses because they want to increase their odds of selling them a home.
According to the National Association of Realtors, the average Realtor sells seven houses a year, so each home represents approximately two months ' worth of income for that Realtor.
That means that each customer a Realtor gets is incredibly important. The Realtor wants to close that deal so he can earn his commission.
Sadly, most Realtors go about it the wrong way. They think they can increase their odds of making sales by showing as many
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