Showings and Scents!

Many people like the smell of candles, air fresheners, diffusers, warmers etc. BUT there are many people who don’t!

When preparing your home for a showing, you might be tempted to light a few candles, or spray air fresheners, but you may be putting your home at a disadvantage.  If the scent is too overpowering it can turn off buyers, or make them think that someone is trying to cover something up.

If you really want to use candles, warmers or air fresheners, then I suggest you use a light scent that many people like, such as vanilla.  If you have candles, warmers in several rooms, it would be good to use the same scent throughout.

Honestly the safest bet would be to not burn candles at all, but maybe use a flameless candle/warmer such as Scentsy-  you can find attractive warmers, as well as refreshing scents and not run the risk of a candle being knocked over accidentally and the house catching fire!  Or you can visit my Scentsy Consultant’s Facebook page.

Some people are very sensitive to smells, whether good or bad.  So if you are doing something to make a home smell better, less is certainly more.  If you are doing something to make the home smell worse STOP IT!!

 

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Limited Agency- What is It?

Limited agency occurs when the Real Estate Agent represents both the seller and the buyer in a transaction.  In this situation, both parties are made aware that the same agent is handling both sides of the transaction, and there is a limited agency agreement that they would both sign off on.

The agent is not to disclose the following information to either party with out informed consent, in writing of both the buyer and seller:

1.) That a buyer will pay more than the offered purchase price

2.) That the seller will accept less than the listed price

3.) What motivates a party to buy, sell or lease the Property

4.) Any material or confidential information, except adverse material facts or risks actually known by the Agent concerning the physical condition of the property and the facts required by statute, rule, or regulation to be disclosed and that could not be discovered by a reasonable and timely inspection of the property by the parties.

5.) Other terms that would create a contractual advantage for one party over another party.

While some people thing it’s a negative to work with one agent, others find it to be a positive.

From my perspective, as a Realtor, I feel it is a bit easier for me, because I know where I am, I don’t have to place phone calls or send emails for status updates to another agent, because I know what they are.

As a Realtor, I have represented numerous buyers and sellers, and whether I am only working one side of the transaction or both, my goal is to make sure that my client gets the desired result for each transaction.  If representing a seller, I would never tell a prospective buyer or buyers agent that my seller would be willing to go lower- as that would put my seller at a disadvantage.  Also when representing buyers I would certainly not tell the sellers agent that my buyer would pay more than what they offered for the property, because that would put my buyer at a disadvantage.

Negotiating a real estate transaction does become emotional at times, and I think that whether there is one agent handling both sides, or two agents, in the end if everyone walks away from the closing table feeling like they were treated fairly, then everyone has done their jobs, and done them correctly!

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