Here is item number 7 from my Seattle seller tips:

"Be gone - Leave your house well before showings! You want the buyers to be able to picture themselves in your home. They can't do this with you in it. It is also uncomfortable for buyers to be in your home with you there."

I can not tell you how many times I have shown a house and had the sellers follow us around showing us the house.  The buyers end up uncomfortable in most cases.  You have a better shot at selling your house if you just head out and let the Realtor show your house to the buyers.  I always try to ask my sellers to go have lunch or dinner during a scheduled showing. It helps!

Happy Seattle selling!

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Please please please check up on your listings and see if they are being handled properly and efficiently!!!

Here is what happened:

I called to check availability on a big shot REO listing agent's listing because my client was ready to write. Guess what?  It is not available even though it is clearly marked as "active" in the MLS.  It hasn't been available for a few days because they are technically waiting on one piece of paper from the buyer.  Well, okay, that makes sense.  It is frustrating, but not wrong by any means.

So I ask, "  When do you expect to get the final paperwork back?"

I am told, "Today."

I say, " Can you please call me if for any reason it does not go through and the property is again available?  My client is ready to write an offer."

Long pause..............

The response?

Wait for it.....

"I manage sixty properties so I may be able to call you back."

Another long pause.....

I finally break the silence and say, "Well, would you like my phone number?"

Pause again.

"Well, Okay."

OK...Seriously?

  Is this acting on your client's behalf?  I know I will not get that return call and have already made a note to call and nag her this afternoon, but I am appalled that an REO agent should think that they are too busy to call a back up buyer if a deal falls through.  I was only asking for a call back if it fell through - not for a general status check. 

Maybe Mr. or Ms. Asset Manager, you should do a little investigating and see how your assets are being treated in the hands of these agents who apparently can "service" sixty properties.  This is not the way to manage a property! 

When the market was hotter, it seemed perfectly reasonable for an REO agent to be extremely busy and call all the shots, but in my opinion, you should not be listing with a company or agent who is so full of themselves that they are not willing to provide customer service and make sure your property is SOLD as efficiently and of course for the most return on your investment as possible.  You need an agent who is willing to be flexible and get the job done RIGHT!!!!!

End rant:)

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New changes in Seattle real estate - the MLS is doing away with the public status Active - STI.  Read about it here:

NWMLS status changes

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Courtney Cooper ....For all your Seattle Washington Real Estate Needs! Seattle Area Real Estate Agent: Broker and Realtor serving North King & South Snohomish County.  Seattle Real Estate and Seattle Suburbs!  Cooper Jacobs Real Estate Services:   Experienced REALTOR with a background in accounting - I love my clients and work hard for them! Please call me if you are looking for a home or investment property (including short sales, preforeclosures, foreclosures, and REO properties) in Seattle (Ballard real estate, Crown Hill, Phinney, Ravenna, Maple Leaf real estate, Green Lake real estate (Greenlake), Greenwood, Northgate, Lake City,University, Sand Point, Laurelhurst, Windermere, Fremont, Wallingford, Queen Anne, Westlake, Eastlake, Lake Union, Downtown, Madison Park), Shoreline real estate, Edmonds, Brier real estate, Lynnwood real estate, Mountlake Terrace real estate, Lake Forest Park real estate, Bothell real estate,Redmond, Kirkland, Mill Creek real estate, Everett, or other Seattle Suburbs real estate!