Is this any way to sell your home
A couple who were interested in retiring to the Southeast were taking a tour of various cities including the Charleston area that they thought they might be interested in moving to. We made arrangements to meet and spend the day showing them homes for sale in Mount Pleasant, which they had heard would be the best place for them to live in the Charleston area.
Of the 95 currently available homes between $350,000 and $400,000, we selected an even dozen to view recently and I attempted to make appointments. And the reason I highlight the word attempted is because we were only able to view 9 of the homes.
Now I'm pretty sure that most buyers will not buy a home if they are not able to view it. And the sellers for the 3 homes that we were not able to view should probably not be expecting to get a contract until they replace the DO NOT ENTER sign with a FOR SALE sign and begin to let buyers view their homes.
I called 2 days before we planned to view the homes and was advised by Centralized Showing Service who sets up showing appointments in the Charleston real estate market that one seller said that it wasn't going to be a good day to view their home, another seller never bothered to respond to Centralized Showing's request for an appointment and believe it or not, the real estate agent for the 3rd home had to be contacted directly and didn't bother to return my phone call.
Obviously, it's best when selling your home in today's Charleston real estate market with all the competition you face from so many other choices that buyers have is to make your home as available to see as possible. Sure, there are situations when dogs might have to be put away or a little straightening up from the kids would be appropriate but to not think it would be a "good day" or to not bother to respond or return a phone call is not any way to sell your home.
In general, if a buyer can't view your home, they generally are not going to want to buy it.