Comments on: Home Sellers Your Central Ohio Showings http://columbusbestblog.com/real-estate/home-sellers-your-central-ohio-showings/ A blog about the best of Columbus & Central Ohio by Maureen McCabe of Real Living HER Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:03:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: MaureenMcCabe http://columbusbestblog.com/real-estate/home-sellers-your-central-ohio-showings/#comment-9924 MaureenMcCabe Sun, 07 Oct 2007 08:50:56 +0000 http://columbusbestblog.com/real-estate/home-sellers-your-central-ohio-showings/#comment-9924 Joanne, We have a very high rate of people using the lockboxes in our market, especially on occupied properties. The Columbus Board of Realtors made some excellent decisions when we first switched over to the electronic lockboxes and in our recent exchange for the blue lockboxes. You seldom see combination lockboxes used anymore. When a property is empty occasionally someone will show without an appointment but for the most part our market is very good about scheduling appointments. Most agents in our market don't use the CBS codes on the lockboxes for showings so theoretically someone could show without an appointment. It is great to have the info in the limited cases where a house somehow gets shown without a showing scheduled through the office. Thanks for the comment Joyce! Joanne,
We have a very high rate of people using the lockboxes in our market, especially on occupied properties. The Columbus Board of Realtors made some excellent decisions when we first switched over to the electronic lockboxes and in our recent exchange for the blue lockboxes. You seldom see combination lockboxes used anymore.

When a property is empty occasionally someone will show without an appointment but for the most part our market is very good about scheduling appointments.

Most agents in our market don’t use the CBS codes on the lockboxes for showings so theoretically someone could show without an appointment. It is great to have the info in the limited cases where a house somehow gets shown without a showing scheduled through the office. Thanks for the comment Joyce!

]]> By: Joanne Hanson http://columbusbestblog.com/real-estate/home-sellers-your-central-ohio-showings/#comment-9918 Joanne Hanson Sun, 07 Oct 2007 05:14:27 +0000 http://columbusbestblog.com/real-estate/home-sellers-your-central-ohio-showings/#comment-9918 Maureen, we use the same lockboxes, and anyone who doesn't use them is missing out on an opportunity to not only protect the home, as you mention, but to know each and every agent who was in the home, whether they called the office to set up a showing or not. In our area, not all lockboxes have codes on them, so it is possible that an agent might show a property without calling first. They are a great tool and no home for sale should be without one. Maureen, we use the same lockboxes, and anyone who doesn’t use them is missing out on an opportunity to not only protect the home, as you mention, but to know each and every agent who was in the home, whether they called the office to set up a showing or not. In our area, not all lockboxes have codes on them, so it is possible that an agent might show a property without calling first. They are a great tool and no home for sale should be without one.

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