Be safe when showing your home

Posted in Selling on March 1, 2010 at 11:16 am

When an owner decides to sell his/her home, they’re in for a lot of work. You have to talk to interested buyers and schedule showings before you even get to negotiations and contracts. More frightening is that the seller has to open his door to people he doesn’t know, which can be scary.

The homeowner is definitely taking a risk by inviting strangers into his/her home. You have to be extremely cautious of who’s looking at your home. There’s a safety factor involved when marketing your home. A word of caution to homeowners wanting to sell is to be extremely careful!

There are precautions you should take to maintain safety for you and your family. In our society, people are usually afraid to ask questions because they don’t want to offend the other person.

Before you let that person go through your apt, get some information and then schedule a time when they can come back and look. This gives you time to check out the prospective buyer.  It’s also recommended that the homeowner ask for a pre-approval letter by fax or email before the showing. Here again, check the information on the letter. Call the mortgage company and ask questions.

With all the work it takes to sell your home successfully, don’t take chances with your safety!