FORM INSTRUCTIONS AND GENERAL SHOWING ASSISTANT MANUAL
Please note this form is designed to be filled out during the showing and new pictures of the sign up etc taken. We are looking at the metadata of the images sent as verification of location and time when sent, as well as the time sent as confirmation you were at the showing. If you are not filling out the showing form while at the showing we won’t be able to count this showing towards compensation. Its the real time filling out of this form that makes this form useful and effective.
Basic process in general is for both group showing and vacancy inspection:
- Form prep – Before you head to property have this form up in your phone with address, occupancy and your email filled out.
- Pointer sign- As you get near the property, you will leave the closest busy or main road. There should be a pointer sign. If its not there pull off to safe place. Walk to corner. Put up pointer sign along with marker giving address you are pointing to. Take a picture attaching it to the appropriate field on the form. Finish drive to house
- Yard sign – As you pull up (usually parking on street to keep car able to exit in case of emergency) take a picture in proper field of sign up. Otherwise go ahead and put sign up along with using marker on the white space at bottom to highlight properties best feature and then take a picture.
- Conditional todos-
- Showing – Open the door and let anyone in following safety precaution as well as your gut if anything or anyone seems dangerous.
- Fraud warning front door – If vacant status then tape the fraud warning at face level of the entryway door and take a picture to field.
- Fraud warning and FAQ fliers – If vacant status then make sure there are fraud warnings (with on kitchen counter and take picture to field.)
- Special instructional signs – When setting up for self showing it may be necesary to create visual sign reminders
- If vacant status then make sure you take picture of thermostat in proper field and make it 60 degrees when cold enough for furnace and 80 degrees when hot enough for ac.
- Check through all issues to make sure there is no problems that need reported.
YOUR SHOWING KIT
You should have the following items (If you are new you can delay getting some of these until you need them):
- Binder clip board to gather most of these materials.
- Fraud warning sign for front door (Get at office or follow link to print – prefered green paper)
- FLYERs to leave in kitchen Fraud warning and FAQ answers – (Get at office or follow link to print – prefered orange paper)
- Exit sign – Request to lock door on way out and request to answer our requests for feedback next to insde of front door. (Get at office or follow link to print – prefered blue paper)
- Blank colored paper for special instructional signs. (Get at office or purchase colored paper at office supply – prefered yellow)
- Clear tape to put up fraud warning signs or other instructional signs
- Jumbo sign markers (order from amazon.com)
- Stack of RTS for rent pointer / yard sign combos (this would be picked up from office)
- Stack of sign stakes (get this from the office)
- Cordless drill driver (get this craftsman one or you can get a whole toolset from ryobi with saws and drills and drivers at homedepot for $199 special or 299 full price)
- Grinding bit (to fix the binding deadbolt that is common with electronic deadbolts)
- Filing bit (to fix the binding deadbolt that is common with electronic deadbolts)
- Foldable broom and dustpan – As a showing agent you are not a cleaner but if you see pile of dust scope it up.
