Fort Meade - USNA - Andrews AFB: A Dead Body in the Bedroom!

Neither Gale Kent of Coldwell Banker First United nor Linda Chabucos-Galow of Shorewest Realtors in Janesville, Wisconsin, are members of ActiveRain.  Too bad!  It would have been interesting to read their first-hand account of the events surrounding Linda's showing of Gale's listing last week - when prospective buyers Justin and Colleen McKeen found a dead body in the bedroom. 

As a real estate professional, the widely-reported story motivates some questions:

How often do you communicate with your clients?   According to the coroner, the property owner had been dead in the bedroom for about two weeks.  I wonder...  if I tried to reach my client and he/she did not reply, would I go to the property to check and make sure everything is okay?   Hmmm... not sure...

Do you accompany your buyers when showing property?  According to newspaper reports, the showing agent was waiting in the dining room while her buyers looked at the house.  It was they who found the body and alerted their agent with a scream.   Since I despise hovering salespeople myself, I try not to be one when I show property, but perhaps I should reconsider and be at my client's side throughout the home tour...

It's not necessary for us to find "a dead body in the bedroom" to learn something from Gale and Linda's experience.