I was showing houses today to some buyers that I have been working with for a while now. (Missing the Colts / Chargers game). We arrived at a fairly new home, looks nice on the outside, the yard needs some attention though. This home just went on the market a few days ago, so the lisitng agent told me she has not had time to put a lock box on the house yet and the front door would be unlocked for us.
I walk up to the front door, all the while talking to my buyers about the location and how nice the neighborhood looks. I put my hand on the door knob and turn it to open the door...the door opened just fine and I was left holding the door knob while the door swung open.
After a quick trip through the house (very messy and dirty and more door knobs in bad need of attention), and a quick repair to the front door, we were on our way.
Yes, I did let the listing agent know exactly what my buyers thought and I told her that this house was NOT ready to be shown.