Working with Realtors

Lets face it, if your selling your home or property your going to run into Realtors. These people are working with buyers and will have to accommodate their boss, which is the buyer, on the buyers time frame. They are going to want access to your property, and a way to communicate with you.

Seems elementary, but we have had situations where sellers have property on the market only to have agents with buyers unable to access the home. It is extremely frustrating for the agent, and in some cases may have cost a sale.

One situation entailed, an agent sitting in the driveway of a particular listing one Sunday morning. The seller lived out of state, and the agent, unable to communicate with the seller, literally drove off with the buyer. This particular property will have trouble selling if buyer's agents can't show it or communicate with the owner. Try to stay close to the phone! Buyers want what buyers want and when they find it, they usually want it yesterday! Another situation had the sellers on a cruise ship with the house listed and again no access. The buyer's agent called the owners and the owners gave the agent their daughters number, of which the agent got a voicemail. I intervened and also got the voicemail. Situations like this can be the diffference of selling or not.
Things to consider are an electronic lockbox. We rent the same electronic lockboxes, that agents use, for $45.
Also, since there is only room for one owner phone number, list a number where you can be reached 24/7, like a cell phone.