Showing Tips

The Realtor makes the appointment and shows the buyers your home.

How should your home look for the showings? It should be very presentable, and the closer you can show it in its "staged condition", the better. 

The buyers and the agent understand that it is occupied. You DO NOT have to move the toaster, and the coffee maker.
You DO have to keep it clean (this includes the smell), neat, tidy, and uncluttered. This includes the front porch, the yard, the driveway, the works!

There is nothing worse than getting your house ready for a showing, only to have the buyers drive up with their real estate agent, and reject you from the outside, never bothering to go in. Trust me, it happens. Go for clean curb appeal, front and back yard, sidewalks, shrubs, etc.

Our Charlotte real estate market is highly competitive. So, to repeat, get serious.
Clean it up or hire someone to do so and then keep it in good condition.

The buyers (whether or not they are local or relocating buyers) will revisit your home time and time again through the use of the photos on the Internet.

Once you have it under contract, the next showing will most likely be to the home inspectors and the appraiser. 
And if that's the case, it means that the faster you can get your home under contract, the faster you get to shut it down to showings. It's always a big win for the seller to be ready for market the day it goes on the market!