I had a pretty busy day today. I started my day running my kids to where they had to go (band camp, vacation bible school). Then I went by a couple of "For sale by Owners" to set some door hangers. Then I went to do my floor duty at the office for 4 hours.
While I was on floor duty, a guy called before they went to drive by a house they were interested in. They wanted directions. The house was one of our listings so I had to try to give directions on a house I wasn't familar with. The map in the MLS provided by MapQuest was way wrong so I found it on Google instead. Was able to give directions to the interested party using Google. The home he was interested in has been on the market for nearly a year. It includes 33 acres and about 20 minutes from here. The asking price has slowly been dropping.
After floor duty I went looking for more FSBOs. Every single one of them appeared to be gone, not one person came to the door. Tried calling one or two only to get voicemails.
The party that called about the house called again. Said the house looked like it needed new floors from looking in the windows. Had a few junk cars sitting around the property. He can make the repairs but would want to make a lower offer. He's going to talk to his bank and get back to me by the end of the week.
Got a call from a buyer's agent regarding a listing of mine. Got the offer from the agent and took it to the sellers. The offer was significantly under the asking price. The buyers were approved for an FHA loan and wanted the sellers to pay 3% for closing costs and 3% for their down payment. Offer was rejected.
Stopped by Popeyes on the way home to feed the family. Didn't enjoy it like I normally would. :-(
Coincidentally, my 13 year old daughter went to bed around 8:00pm. She had her first day of band camp. They've been learning how to march in the hot sun. Several of the kids, including mine, had to stop when they got really hot. Teachers thought she might have a slight case of athsma.
I think my back hurts from riding around in my car most of the day. Expect to talk to two buyers tomorrow to look at houses.
Bill: What do put on the door hangers of the FSBO's? I usually call them first and make an appt to see the house and leave them a little goodie bag of treats.
Hi Kelly,
From what I'm told, we aren't suppose to all these people unless we check the "No Call List" for running risk of getting in trouble with the FCC for making unsolicited calls. I usually don't call but I've made exceptions at times. Some houses I've left 4 or 5 door hangers over a few week period and the house still sits as a FSBO and I never get a call. Again, I rarely call anyone because of the "no call list". I called one owner and he wasn't even interested in giving me even 3% for bringing him a buyer let alone interested in selling the home.
My door hangers have my contact info and other info explaining how I can help sell their home. Typical info type stuff. The top says "Sorry, I missed you!"
One house I went to had a door hanger from another agent. I was surprised to see it state that if the home was listed with that agent they would include a home warranty. I wonder who paid for that contract - the agent, the brokerage, seller or buyer. It didn't give many details.