When we were children, we imagined about snow and getting the day away from school to make the ideal snowman and play snowball battles with our chums. But as we entered adulthood, we immediately understood the horrendous reality our parents needed to confront - going to work in the wide open harsh elements, and dangerous white chaos!
Any reasonable person would agree that snow represents a challenge for any individual who has to travel outside especially real estate agents. One cannot even say they can just simply go into hibernation and return to work only when the snow at long last melts. Whatever the weather is, they will need to continue beating the asphalt, meeting with customers, indicating property, settling negotiations, and organizing. The thing is, a large portion of that includes utilizing their cars or SUVs to get around town and show real estate properties off.
We share here some sound tips in the event that you end up in the grasp of Old Man Winter and under heaps of snow float, while doing you real estate job. Here are some down to earth approaches to ensure you -and your clients- stay sheltered as you keep searching for that dream home:
1. Pack a shovel - they will come in handy if you get snowed in.
2. Pack road salt.
3. Inform your client that when checking up on a house, to leave earlier, as snow might present slippery roads and it may take time to arrive since safety first in driving is more important.
4. Walk carefully.
5. Bundle up with your wardrobe, while doing business with clients, we don't want to get sick do we.
6. If you are showing the house after hours, get the property early to turn the lights on in order to provide best ocular of the place.
7. Wear practical shoe wears, high heels, and shoes that may make you slip, don't wear them for a while, safety if more important than style. Wear a nice and comfy boots.
8. Avoid being snowed in by making sure that you have a periodic cleaning of snows from your exhaust pipe.
9. A good number of senior citizens are downsizing these days make sure you also take care of them, during those days while doing business with them.
10. Clean your car of snow. Everything, including the hood, roof, lights, and windshields. Especially lights, many accidents in the winter are cause because of the lights being covered by snow.
Last but not the least. Make sure you are driving a car that has a tire made for snow travel. Bald tires are dangerous this times of the years as the roads may be slippery.
