Showing Etiquette

Get Permission and Follow Instructions

For your safety and the safety of others, make sure you are following the showing instructions on the listing before accessing the key box on a listing.

Permission to access a property is required. Do not access a property without permission from the listing agent. This will reduce the chance of one agent being in the property and another showing up and could be a potential violation. We've received calls from agents that stopped by their listings only to find another agent inside the property, sometimes alone, sometimes with their client.

Be Courteous 

• Leave your business card when showing a property.
• Never allow a buyer to enter a property unaccompanied.
• Double check all exterior doors to ensure locks are engaged before leaving the property.
• When showing an occupied home, always ring the doorbell or knock and announce yourself loudly before entering. Knock before opening any closed interior door.
• When the occupant is absent, leave the property as you found it (turn on/off lights, fans, air conditioner or heat; open/close drapes and blinds).
• Return the key to the Lockbox!
• If the listing agent has been kind enough to leave notes or instructions in the home, read them and follow the instructions to the best of your ability.
• Don’t ignore agents who ask for feedback on showings, unless the buyer has requested no feedback be given. Even if the response is a short one, don’t leave them hanging. They have a client waiting to hear from them as well.