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Buyers & Buyers Agents
At properties, I encourage Buyers to not talk about the property when there and to not bombard the Listing Agent or whomever is holding the open house with a ton of questions. You never know who is listening with security cameras and smart devices in homes.
Do Sellers want to hear how you will immediately remodel their kitchen, the flooring, paint the house? It can be hurtful, insulting, but also make them wonder why you’re buying their house if you like nothing about it. It doesn’t matter if you think the Seller is being irrational by being insulted, its their feelings.
Do you want the Listing Agent to think you’re going to be difficult to work, or too nervous because you have so many questions they may not know themselves and now they have to go do work? We don’t communicate all the inspections you’re going to do in the offer contract for multiple reasons.
Do you as a Buyer have a right to know everything pertinent about a property you’re buying? 100%. But if you don’t get into escrow on the property, none of that data & answers about that property generally matters.
Sellers want to pick the Buyer they believe wants the house the most, is willing to pay for it, on terms the Seller views most favorably and that you WILL close. Even if you’re the only Buyer, they don’t want Buyers who will find countless things wrong with the property, freak out and possibly cancel escrow.