Lockboxes - Your Key to a Successful Sale

Wondering why your house or listing hasn't sold?  It may be because your real estate agent hasn't installed a lockbox.

While lockboxes come in many varieties, from simple alphabetic or numeric combination models to more sophisticated electronic versions, they all serve the same purpose, to allow licensed real estate agents easy access to your home to facilitate showings to potential buyers.

Especially in a slower market, it is important to capitalize on opportunities to have your house or listing shown to potential buyers.  As a property owner or agent, you may have no idea how many times buyer's agents or qualified prospects are unable to view your home or listing due to the fact that the home is not readily accessible by other licensed real estate agents.  Without a lockbox, it becomes very difficult to arrange spur of the moment showings to qualified parties who are oftentimes from out of town, and unable to return for a scheduled showing.

If you are selling your property, insist on the installation of a lockbox on your home.  If you have a home listed for sale and are wondering how to get it sold, install a lockbox and make sure your listing is accessible for other agents to show as part of your marketing strategy.  No matter how elaborate your marketing plan, if agents do not have ready access to your home and cannot easily arrange showings, your property or listing may not sell.  Don't lock the door to a potential sale, install a lock box!