I leave my card but only with the intention of it being a curtsy to the home owner letting them know who was walking around their house.

Yes, I leave a card if I have them with me. I usually write on back time arrived and time left so owner will know when we were in house. i don't expect to get any listings from it, and never have.

I will leave one when showing instructions ask me to; however I have never received a listing because I left a card.

Yes, I leave my business card behind, but I never had a listing from that. Usually cards are collected by a Listing agent.

I still do as a courtesy. I would say that I probably did pick up a listing or 2 to be honest.

We do leave a business card in the homes we show. And, yes I have picked up a listing or two afterwards but usually because I had shown the homes several times and provided feedback the Sellers appreciated.  It is not my intent to solicit a listing, but to bring the Buyer and provide the Seller the courtesy of knowing I've come and gone.

It is customary here to do so and most agents do. I have never gotten a listing from doing so, though.

I leave my card because it's the protocol.  This has never led to a listing for me. 

In our market place it is expected that the agent leaves a card to let the seller know your actually showed up. That has never produced a listing for me. How ever I did leave positive feed back on CSS that inspired a Seller to call after their listing expired

This used to mean something. Now, I hand them out accordingly

Only if requested by the Listing Agent in the MLS.

No.

I do not leave card.

And as a results no calls from homeowner.

Since the listing agent is notified by the Supra System of entry and exit, the listing agent can carry the ball. Actually the listing agent should have been present to actually do what they were hired to do. 

I will turn the lights out so the homeowner will know the appointment was kept.

We are expected to leave our card in my market area so i do. 

I leave a card to let the listing agent know I was there. Once, I got a listing because I showed the home often. I think that is rare. As a listing agent I collect the cards often!

Yes and yes.

Good morning Debbie. It certainly makes sense to do for many reasons, but can certainly mean a future opportunity.

Never led to more business.....

Debbie Reynolds rarely.

And not received the business from this either.

It is customary to leave a business card in my area.

not unless it's requested in the instructions.

That was the standard practice in my hometown of Roanoke, VA, but is highly shunned in my current home of Durham, NC.

It never brought me any expired listings in Roanoke, although I alawys hoped that it might. The lsiting agents might do a sweep of these cards after they have registerd those who visited.

Yes I do. I have gotten awkward calls from the sellers . I now am ordering cards that just say basically thank you for letting me show, name and logo. 

I always leave a card, but it has never gotten me a listing that expired.  I just know how upset my sellers are when they don't know if a showing actually happened.  It's a professional courtesy, in my opinion, to let someone know you've been in their home.

Yes, I always leave a business card and sign their notebook Debbie Reynolds.  Some of these homes are vacant so the Seller does not see the cards, only their agent sees them.  The homes that are occupied usually do not have the Seller present, and I have never gotten the listing after it expired.   

I leave cards in occupied houses, or in houses where the listing agent has instructed to leave cards.  In vacant houses, foreclosures, no.

I don't usually leave my business card, espceially if there is an electronic lockbox on the door.  I never leave on at a vacant house.  I'll leave a card most often if the home is being shown by appointment only with the owner.

Yes, always (unless on those rare occasions I ran out) and no. I have seen agents leave THEIR business card, and more, in multiple places in a house. I even saw one agent leave several brochures.  Tacky IMO. And maybe an ethics problem?

Yes I leave cards and it has gotten me some phone calls uring and after the listing.

It is normal and cosidered good anners to leave as are so the home owner that someone was there

It is required in my market to leave a business card while showing and is meant as a courtesy to the seller to show you were there.   

I always leave a card unless is banked owned.  As far as I know it has not brought me a seller. 

Leaving a card in the home listed for sale is protocol.  I cannot imagine receiving a call from the seller ... or how leaving a card would result in an eventual listing.  Maybe I am not understanding the question.

Debbie Reynolds It is customary to leave a business card in my area.

Yes and no.

Not a habit, but I have done it as a courtesy, especially when there are no sign-in sheets, to show sellers who was in their home. I usually write "thank you" on my card and "nice home" (if appropriate, lol).

If it's occupied, yes.  I once showed a home that was a rental property.  The renter was moving and recognized my name from the business card.  He called me and I helped him buy, and last year I helped him sell that same home.  That's the only success story I have.  

Yes, as a courtesy to the sellers that I entered their home and showed the property. I have had sellers call me directly for feedback and usually refer them back to their agents, to whom I provide my feedback.

It's common practice in our area to leave a card. Let's homeowners know we were there (which they'll know when we provide feedback but in the interim it helps them be confident that the showing happened).  I don't waste them on vacant homes though.

We are asked to leave a card after showing so that the seller knows we actually came into the house. We don't necessarily leave cards in a vacant home. I've gotten my share of listings after one has expired as a result of leaving my card.

I dont like when agents leave cards at my listings and ask them not to in the showing instructions. One agent left a sheet with how they can sell the home better.

 I do not leave a card. I should leave out the tent cards that I used to because I did get inspections from it.

Actually, NO!  But it tells the seller that we actually entered the home.  I had a buyer that saw the surroundings and decided they did not want to live there.  I told them I had to go in and leave a card.  They followed me in and said it was not as bad as they thought.  They still didn't put in an offer.  As a matter of fact, they are still looking.  The Listing agent put it in the listing that they wanted the agents to leave a card inside.

Showed 6 homes today. Left my card because I've heard it could lead to a listing.  

I leave a card but only call from agent requesting feedback.

Yes.  Tends to be the going practice here.  Never had someone other than a realtor call from it though.

Seems kind of un ethical to be soliciting the selling agents client, yet agents do this every day.

Yes, I would leave a business card, if the MLS instructions asks.  No, I wouldn't want that call.

Debbie,
If the showing instructions don’t mention card or not, I ask. 

We are instructed to leave a business card, and have had the seller call.    I always ask them to call their agent.    I did get a referral listing from a seller that was unhappy with their agent.