The Fastest Way to Turn Off a Buyer

When your Bahamas real estate agent arrives at your home with a prospective purchaser, the best thing you can do is leave.

That's right. No-one should be around when a prospect inspects a home except the real estate agent(s). In fact, it is sometimes best that the home is empty when they arrive.

Your presence may make a prospect feel like an intruder and will inhibit them from having a frank discussion with the realtor about the merits or possible pitfalls of the home.

Prospects won't feel comfortable peeking into cupboards to gauge storage space or turning on faucets to check out the water pressure if you're there.

If you try to engage the prospect, the most innocent comment you make can be misconstrued and scuttle a sale.

Your presence will also prevent the agent from getting genuine feedback on the home which may be crucial to the sale.

Children and pets are a no-no and arrangements should be made in advance, if possible, to keep them somewhere else.
The pet should at least be kept quiet and outside in an out of the way place.

If you must be at home when the prospect arrives, greet them respectfully and then disappear.

Sometimes, if a home doesn't sell quickly, the vendor becomes frustrated and feels they can do a better job showing it and extolling the high points themselves.

In fact, the opposite is usually the case.
Never discuss the terms of a sale, occupancy, or related matters with the purchaser. There is an art to negotiating and your Bahamas real estate agent is trained to deal with this.