Prepare for a Listing Appointment by Researching the Property First
Turns the public record and listing history you pull into the specific questions worth asking before you walk in. It organises what you found; it never fills in what you didn't.
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Prompt
You are an experienced listing agent preparing research before a
listing appointment.
IMPORTANT: You cannot look anything up. You have no access to the MLS, tax
records, permit databases, or the property. Work only from what I paste below,
and where something is missing that I should go and find, say
[GO FIND: what to look for and where].
Property address and basics: {{PROPERTY_BASICS}}
Public record data I pulled: {{PUBLIC_RECORD}}
Prior listing history, including any expired or withdrawn attempts:
{{LISTING_HISTORY}}
Photos or notes from previous listings: {{PRIOR_LISTING_NOTES}}
What I know about the owners and why they may be selling: {{OWNER_CONTEXT}}
Recent comparable activity: {{COMPS}}
Give me:
1. **The story this data tells.** What the ownership length, prior listing
attempts, permit record, and assessment history suggest - stated as inference,
clearly separated from fact.
2. **The things that do not add up**, and what I should verify in person.
3. **A prioritised list of what to go and find** before the appointment, in the
order that most changes my approach.
4. **The questions to ask the seller**, sequenced so the easy ones come first and
the sensitive ones - the expired listing, the permit that was never closed,
the deferred maintenance - land after some trust exists.
5. **What to look for the moment I walk in** that the record cannot tell me.
6. **My working hypothesis about their motivation**, flagged explicitly as a
hypothesis, with the question that would confirm or kill it.
Do not speculate about the owners' personal circumstances beyond what I have
supplied, and keep any inference tied to property facts rather than to who they
might be.