vacant homes. If agents have 20 home options and 15 are occupied, they may decide to show the vacant homes out of convenience. They know it will be easy to make an appointment and can simply "go and show" and use the lockbox. Further, the continual pressure to keep daily life from affecting the home’s pristine staging presentation is eliminated. The seller is not under constant pressure to keep the home in immaculate showing condition. If you’re someone who might struggle to keep your home in turnkey condition for showing purposes, consider vacating before putting the home on the market.
Cons of Moving Out
A vacant home can signal that the homeowner is a “motivated seller” who needs to sell quickly. Consider this example found on an online real estate forum. A buyer saw that a home was vacant and offered $30,000 less than the asking price. The buyer was sold on the home anyway and would have paid more, but “haggling” began well below asking price because the buyer assumed the owner was desperate to sell.
Compromise
There are times when the market is very active and the first weekend is the most important. You could plan to stay at a hotel or with friends in order to allow showings at any time. Allowing showings for 4 days with no restrictions allows you to maximize the number of buyers you can have view your home; however, market conditions vary all the time. What works one year may not work another year. The most important thing to remember is flexibility. You need to be ready to leave your home when there is a showing.
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