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Several times, Jeff and they have all turned out quite well. I FaceTine with them, make sure I have floorplans to share and also do a 'virtual tour' of the neighborhood, neighborhood amenities and the neighbor's homes also.
Most of them have also been looking on Google Earth and if they have a question about something nearby, I also take them there (on FaceTime) as well.
I've never had anyone regret their decision and not go through with it. I listen to what they need and they trust me to find it for them.
I'm sure, if you're representing a seller, this scenario has to give you pause though.
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Chuck Willman
Alpine, UT
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Steve Higgins
Kelowna, BC
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
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Jeff Dowler, CRS
Carlsbad, CA
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Susie Kay
Plano, TX
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Eve Alexander
Tampa, FL
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Lise Howe
Washington, DC
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Peter Testa
Danbury, CT
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Kasey & John Boles
Boise, ID
2,557,716
It happens more often then people would think in a military area like Minot with our Air Force Base Jeff Dowler, CRS . More often then not it works out just fine because someone is here on this end, besides the agent, to help out.
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Chuck Willman
Alpine, UT
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Steve Higgins
Kelowna, BC
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Susie Kay
Plano, TX
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Kasey & John Boles
Boise, ID
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Peter Testa
Danbury, CT
2,231,519
Yes,
I received a call from the buyer that was out of town, I made an appointment and showed the home via Facetime, they put an offer, ordered inspections, looked at the property the day before closing, we closed and they are very happy with their decision.
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Chuck Willman
Alpine, UT
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Steve Higgins
Kelowna, BC
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Susie Kay
Plano, TX
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Peter Testa
Danbury, CT
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
784,340
No but I've had my Seller buy out-of-state without seeing it. It went as I hoped it wouldn't.
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Chuck Willman
Alpine, UT
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Steve Higgins
Kelowna, BC
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Susie Kay
Plano, TX
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
509,499
I've had something similar in the past. The buyer lives overseas and his cousin looked at the property. In the end they had a hard time transferring the money because of their government regulations.
I don't entertain this type of business transaction often. If they are serious they really need to take the time to look at the house and get the know the area. Also the realtor cannot make the decision which home is right for them, as this is often the case in many different cultures that they want you the help give your opinion which home is right for them. They have to decide that for themselves or there will be a lot of pointing fingers when something goes wrong.
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Peter Testa
Danbury, CT
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Chuck Willman
Alpine, UT
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Steve Higgins
Kelowna, BC
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Susie Kay
Plano, TX
3,233,970
Several times by using Skype video calls to have live walkthroughs of the home. In each case it's worked out fine for the buyers, although I'll admit it makes me a bit more apprehensive. Bill
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Chuck Willman
Alpine, UT
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Lynnea Miller
Bend, OR
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Susie Kay
Plano, TX
5,383,377
I've sold several homes, quite successfully, that my buyers had not seen prior to signing the offer. In each case I knew what my clients wanted and was able to identify the right property for them. In one case, they are still living in the home some 18 years later.
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Chuck Willman
Alpine, UT
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Lynnea Miller
Bend, OR
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Steve Higgins
Kelowna, BC
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Susie Kay
Plano, TX
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Peter Testa
Danbury, CT
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
809,308
Yes. Lots of additional photos, video, facetime if necessary. Show the neighborhood, street, neighbors. Point out negatives and things to consider. Be very thorough. We work with a lot of relocation buyers and sometimes they just can't come out to see it. It has worked out fine every time because we make sure they know as much about the property as possible. -Kasey
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Chuck Willman
Alpine, UT
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Liz and Bill Spear
Mason, OH
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Susie Kay
Plano, TX
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
613,494
So far 3 this year. Buying sight unseen is common for us. Had one this week...buyers were thrilled with the condo.
First we dig for information. Then we provide the buyer with more information than the listing agent has. When buyers know everything, they get comfortable with the purchase.
Eve
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Chuck Willman
Alpine, UT
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Jeff Dowler, CRS
Carlsbad, CA
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Susie Kay
Plano, TX
5,774,106
Jeff,
We saw it happen in Napa. I think that given all the tools we have we can show the house live by walking around and by having architectural drawings to scale of the footprint. A
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Chuck Willman
Alpine, UT
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Susie Kay
Plano, TX
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Kasey & John Boles
Boise, ID
4,787,702
Not yet.
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Chuck Willman
Alpine, UT
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Steve Higgins
Kelowna, BC
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
2,448,581
video - facetime - worked out well
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Chuck Willman
Alpine, UT
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Susie Kay
Plano, TX
216,960
I haven't, but it didn't work out well for this investor:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfFq4oxJS_c
Frightening!
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Chuck Willman
Alpine, UT
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Susie Kay
Plano, TX
670,424
I was recently on the listing side and it went well, have done a few times where one spouse did not see the house til the day of settlement and that went well also.
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Chuck Willman
Alpine, UT
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
3,417,356
YES recently a condo. The buyer had sold his home here, move dto Florida and hated it. Wanted to move back but was stuck there selling his Florida home. He had is brother here NH look at condos with me. The brother and a friend took videos and pics, they narrowed it down to 2. My choice was different then them. I listened to the buyer and told him what i thought. He went with his brothers choice who did not quite listen. He got here sight unseen and hated it. Soon sold it and bought the one i liked. I even made him money on that other condo though. He loves the one he purchased that was my choice. It is all abut listening
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Chuck Willman
Alpine, UT
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
921,504
A couple of times. In every case the buyer was a past buyer and we knew each other well.
How did it turn out? Excellent! They made the modifications I knew they would make and used the contractors I recommended.
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Susie Kay
Plano, TX
5,585,039
no, I never did....never would.... that's called an empty bag, to me....
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Susie Kay
Plano, TX
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
1,874,708
Nope never have.
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Susie Kay
Plano, TX
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
8,230,631
Not that I can recall.
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
772,494
We sold 2 properties last year sight unseen through use of our Matterport 3D tours. We own this system and do Matterport tours on most of our listings. The buyer for one was in Germany when they entered into contract, and felt very comfortable with their purchase since they had "virtually" walked through the home.
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Chuck Willman
Alpine, UT
966,757
I have. She had to move by a certain date and couldn't get there beforehand. Fortunately she had a trustworthy realtive and we took lots of pictures.
She was pleased but it could have gone poorly. I was relieved and wondered if I'd do this sort of transaction again.
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Peter Testa
Danbury, CT
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
834,077
Yes I have and it worked out great. I FaceTimed them through the home. Took and sent a lot of pictures.
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Peter Testa
Danbury, CT
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
6,761,072
A mine field that I wont even venture into with renters.
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Bob Crane
Stevens Point, WI
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
3,446,511
No - never sold one. I did write offers on several - during a time when the market was crazy hot - multiple offers well over asking price. I did a video of the property and surrounding area - neighborhood.
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
2,870,629
I have not done this but if I had to I would use my standards of purchase
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
1,545,944
No. We accepted an offer like that once and they backed out as soon as they saw it. Didn't like the position of some pipe or another. Now we won't accept any sight unseen offers and I have orders to not even present them from my main client.
Now with that said, I've bought all my investment properties sight unseen.
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
1,713,581
Not to a primary resident.
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
5,278,658
I made sure they saw a virtual tour of it.
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
175,886
I have but rarely. If the buyer is available I try to include a clause where it is subject to them viewing the home by a specified date. Of course, with Facetime & Skype it makes it much easier/more comfortable to sell properties under those circumstances. Our standard forms even include a clause to ackowledge whether or not the buyer has personally viewed the proeprty.
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
4,759,737
Jeff let me try this again... I sold one many years ago pre video, pre Google earth and I took so many pictures from front back, side etc my clients were laughing they said they are comfortable even if I would have sent half as many pictures... and the long detailed emails that went explaining everything...Endre
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
469,625
Several times. If there's no virtual tour, go take a video and/or do facetime from the home.
It's a bit easier of they can make it during the inspection time so they actually see it before closing but typically if they are clients willing to write and consider closing without coming they are the type of folks that will be happy with the home as long as the agent does a good job of telling them about any "cons" with the home or location.
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
1,268,918
Out of town investors. Subject to final walk through confirmation.
I was told many homes in Vancouver, BC were sold on line w/o viewing. 32% recent pyurchases are not occupied.
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
1,765,179
Just closed one in December 2018 for a client who didn't see the house until after closing. I did a video of the vacant home and then neighborhoods around it. I sold two in 2017 to a client who did not see either one. I took photos that time and sent them to her. She didn't even come to the area. She bought one that will become her primary residence in a decade or so. The other one is a rental.
3,386,608
Not yet, but I'm about too. I am engaging their local relative to view it for them.
5,553,448
Back in the day of the Polaroid Camera I did. The photos showed certain pool equipment that was missing at the final inspection. The listing broker and seller sold it at a yard sale. They had to purchase new equipment for the buyer before he would close. The camera did not lie!
1,475,470