8 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Those Real Estate Directional Signs
February 7th, 2008 Categories: Buyers, One Minute Realtor, Sellers
1. By law, agents can display directional signs in Anne Arundel County between the hours of 3:00 PM Friday afternoon and 9:00 AM Monday morning.
2. If signs are put up anytime before or after the prescribed times, teams of trained attack chipmunks, lying in wait, will take them down for you. You will not see those signs again. Or you will see them in several pieces.
3. Even if they are displayed during the correct times, the attack chipmunks sometimes get confused and take them down for you.
4. They work, Part I. The majority of people who come into our open houses are there because they saw a directional sign. We know because we ask.
5. They work, Part II. We recently sold a million dollar home as the direct result of a directional sign. This, after spending thousands to market the home using traditional forms of advertising. One of those good news, bad news things.
6. The wire posts these signs attach to are flimsy. They don’t like frozen earth and we have a pile of mangled, broken posts to prove it.
7. Some individuals’ idea of a practical joke (see #2 and #3) is to reposition the signs so they’re pointing in the wrong direction. These chipmunks need to find more fulfilling careers.
8. For Sale By Owners take note: I paid a friendly visit to a For Sale By Owner in my neighborhood who was not aware of #1. I drew her attention to #2 and #3. The very next day, I found one of her signs in our community dumpster. I returned it to the owner. To this day, I still wonder if she thinks I put it there.
Hey guys, great blog. I like the articles, the tone, the graphics. keep up the good work.
Joe:
Appreciate the encouraging words…we hope you stop back often.
Ken