Practicing Good Seller’s Etiquette
| Etiquette Let’s face it: When your house goes on the market, you’re not only opening the door to prospective buyers, but also sometimes to unknown vendors and naïve or unqualified buyers. As with any business transaction, there is an expected protocol to how sellers, buyers and their respective sales representatives interact. Should you find yourself in a sticky situation, alert your sales representative so he or she can address and remedy the problem.The aggressive sales representative When your sales representative puts your house on the market, typically all promotional materials state clearly that your sales representative is the primary contact for buyers and buyers’ sales representatives. However, sometimes a buyer’s agent will contact a seller directly to try to either win over their business or cut the seller’s agent out of the deal. This is not reputable behavior and you should report it to your sales representative immediately if it happens to you.The unscrupulous vendor Have you ever started a business or moved into a new house and suddenly found your mailbox full of junk mail? Unfortunately, this also can happen when you put your house on the market. When you sell your home, it necessitates all kinds of new purchasing decisions and less-than-ethical vendors are keenly aware of this. Though MLS™ organizations enforce rules on how posted information is used, some companies have found ways to cull information from various sources to produce mass mailing lists. If you find yourself regularly emptying your mailbox of junk, let your sales representative know. He or she can tap the appropriate sources to prompt an investigation into the matter. The naive buyer |
