Thank you. I think the same thing. However, the game show host in our small town does run things a bit like "The Price Is Right". Is it acceptable to ask him do a walkthrough with me, in my own home, as he would any potential buyer?

Sure, but again, he isn't "selling the house." Put another way, as a recent buyer/seller, any agent who wants to guide me thru a house and talk is just annoying. You will want to do a walk through and point out all the features that you think are important. Your job is to help him become familiar with your house so he can answer questions from potential buyers.

So you can critique his performance? Sure! Let us know how it goes!

Actually, for safety reasons, you want the buyers to go into the rooms first. That way you won't get trapped with them standing between you and the door.

You might be able to find some of those articles and print them out, as well as ones where agents have been killed or assaulted. Give him those articles and tell him you are just overprotective, and don't want him or her at risk if they list your home.

That may change the way they do things more than you just telling him that he's not showing it effectively.

"That way you won't get trapped with them standing between you and the door."

What ? Ok, I will keep this in mind especially when I become a BUYER, while touring a stranger's house for sale with a realtor or homeowner.

To the OP, it sounds like micromanage over an agent doing his/her job. How would you know if he would show the house exactly as you advised him when you are not around? Get house ready for sale is home owner's responsibility, let the agent worry about how to sell the house.

Azmom...think about it...if someone had Ill intentions, it's pretty easy to arrange a showing with an agent and have them meet the at a vacant house. Once inside, if they are in a rm with at the door blocking the way out, the agent is trapped. Or if an agent is doing an open house, a predator can easily go in, and if no one else is there, trap the agent.

. It's not the same for a buyer having an agent show them homes, since you were the one initiating contact. A predator isn't normally going to list their home as a way to get people to view it so they can rape/assault/rib/murder them. Because most likely, the buyer will have an agent or another person with them, and they can't just wait indefinitely for someone alone.. And if someone gets killed in a house, it's natural to look at the homeowner as a suspect. As far as realtors assaulting buyers, Realtors would leave an electronic trail leading back to them. And realtors also have to pass background and criminal cks.

There have been numerous cases of real estate agents being killed while showing homes/doing open houses. Google it.

The Texas realtors assn actually puts out safety info specifically telling agents not to go into rooms first, so they don't get trapped.

Here's a Google result that says the same thing about getting trapped...

Fatal tragedy after open house reminds Realtors of dangers | 2014-08-08 ...

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https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://americanmadisonrealestate.com/Real-Stories-of-Real-Estate-Risks-amp-Dangers.html&ved=0ahUKEwjzzI-jxdnOAhUH7mMKHVx4BfcQFgg-MAk&usg=AFQjCNHA7Gs2YKzIQnOCD8Cdt-bVhUmgTg&sig2=byQ5rOGbqUP7XKChC7ORWQ

elpaso,

I was being sarcastic ( my bad! I apologize ) as I thought everyone would exercise pre-caution when meeting a stranger at any place.

The warning you posted sounds more of injecting fear factor than being fault proof, as it has logic holes.....for examples: how would the ill-intentioned buyer know if the realtor carries a concealed weapon? or, do sick people really care the location of assault or if there is any electronic or hand generated tracing data, so they would not be caught?

But I applaud your good intention to promote safety. I assume you are a realtor and have learned effective safety guard/precaution from the industry, would appreciate if you could share them with us.

Here a realtor could potentially be in a dangerous situation in an open house, but they usually do not walk around with the lookers. They stay downstairs in the LR or kitchen, usually. If the seller is concerned about the security of their valuables, there will be more than one agent or an assistant at the property for an open house

But at a showing, no realtor is going to show a house to someone who does not have financial pre-approval, and has not signed a buyer's disclosure as well as an exclusivity contract, and the appointments are made through a computerized database. At any showing the client is going to be a person-of-record with the agency. Still I suppose something dangerous could happen.

palimpsest,

Not at all arguing with you, as I am sure what you posted is the practice in your area.

However, I want to assure you that the assumptions you listed are not the norm in many parts of the country.

I think the local precautions, which are policy for the agency my SO now works for, the largest in the area, are for safety reasons. They aren't permitted to show houses that have not been scheduled and confirmed through the office.

However anyone can walk into an open house, and not sign in, or use a false name.

However, the market is also such here that the vast majority of realtors would not waste their time showing a house to someone who is not pre-approved. They aren't that desperate. One small agency requires both pre-approval and sellers agent to be there along with the buyer's agent for sale properties and requires a credit report even to show Rental units. And the owner of that small agency is not starving on that policy by any means.