Mike’s Real Estate Show

I was mentoring a new agent and she asked if she could do an open house for me. I gave her an address of a property which I had just listed. I told her it wouldn’t have a sign up when she did the open house but to take my Open House signs. I talked to her after the open house and she said the same thing you did. When she got there she couldn’t even find the lockbox, she got via a slider off the backyard and when she entered the house she almost fainted! It was an absolute disaster!

She immediately jumped into action and started furiously cleaning. She made beds, washed dishes, put the trash out, cleaned off the stove, vacuumed! I told her that was very out of character with my clients. She had a great open house and picked up a couple of buyers and had a very interested party for the property. We drove to the house the next day and got out of my car, I walked across the street to the house and she walked to a house on the OTHER side of the street! Yes! She had held the WRONG HOUSE OPEN!!  She had to help me out as I was rolling around on the front lawn laughing hysterically!! She had transposed numbers on the address I gave her. I could only imagine the look on the “Seller’s” face when they came home to their cleaned up house! She even had left a little note on the counter, and thanks God, NOT her business card!!
  One other quick story–I had clients who wanted an open house but I was busy. They asked if I could get another agent to do it as they were going on a week’s vacation. I got a new agent I didn’t know very well but who seemed enthusiastic. My clients packed up all their stuff and were leaving the agent showed up. They were out about a 1/3 hour when the wife forgot her prescription pills. They go back and her is the agent with 3 of her friends, having a nice party, having raided their fridge, gotten into their wet bar, had the TV going and where well on their way to a bust out!! I kept the listing but we fired the Agent!