Jacksonville FL Real Estate Market Scenario:
- Buyer with their loan lined up calls us because
they want to see a Jacksonville condo listing.
- Called to make an appointment to show the unit to the buyer. Its tenant occupied so they have to get the tenant to approve showings.
- Hours and hours later still no confirmed appointment. Meanwhile anxious buy er wants confirmation that they can get in. Likely can't understand why we can't make it happen for them. Is the home for sale or is it not for sale? Are we even trying to get them an appointment?
- We receive a confirmation call, the Jacksonville condo is okay to show.
- Great! What is the gate code?
- Agent does not know the gate code. Tells us to come before 5:00 (buyer can NOT!!!) so the maintenance people can let us in. Huh???? The agent was not willing to lift a finger to get us a gate code.
Our options at that point (none of them good):
1) Figure out the gate code ourselves
2) Figure out the gate code ourselves
3) Don't show the property.
A Jacksonville home buyer will not buy your home if they can't get access!
If you are a Jacksonville home seller, are you making your listing hard to see? Do you want to SELL your home? Do you know how showing appointments for your property will be made? Do you have any idea how many Jacksonville FL real estate listings are out there? So many times we have such a hard time scheduling appointments to show our Jacksonville home buyers listings that are for sale. When a buyer can not get in to see your home when they want to see it, many, many times they do not come back.
Make sure you know your home is going to be easy to show to potential buyers before you list your home. Make sure your agent is going to do whatever they can to make sure your home is accessible to Jacksonville home buyers before you select that agent to list your home.
How many home buyers are lost because the person who WOULD HAVE purchased that home could not get in?
There is no way to know for sure but we are betting, from our experience, that it is much more frequent than one would guess!
The Jacksonville real estate market is tough. T-O-U-G-H (although a great agent can make it considerably less tough). There are far fewer buyers than there are listings. Do you want to "list" your home, or do you want to SELL your home?
