Realtor Lock Box – Giving Home Access to Realtors
If you are intending to sell your home, a general unspoken rule is that you should not be present when a real estate agent brings in a potential buyer to view the property. To have a successful marketing would entail that the buyers need to be able to imagine the house as their future home. Nothing could better dampen that enthusiasm than having the current owners hang around. This is one major reason why a lockbox is such a key tool for realtors. So what exactly is a realtor lock box (for those of you who don’t know)? A lockbox is a hollow metal box that attaches to the front doorknob or some secure place nearby. Inside the hollow area is another matchbox sized box that contains the key to the house. When an agent opens the lockbox, that smaller container slides out. The lockbox gets its name because it is a box that is locked. A stranger cannot come by, open the box, get the key and gain entry to the house as only real estate agents can do that.
