Buying and selling homes during COVID-19 isn’t as hard as you’d think.
If the property is vacant you can often view it in person with your Realtor as you would normally. However, if the home isn’t vacant, things will go a bit differently.
For an occupied home, your Realtor will need to bring preventative measures like masks and gloves to protect you, the homeowners, and themselves. Have the Realtor be the one to open cupboards, drawers, and doors with a gloved hand.
Many Realtors have also implemented sign-in sheets; these can help with contact tracing—if someone involved with the transaction does come down with COVID-19, we’ll be able to contact others who might’ve been exposed.
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It’s just safer to make sure that you, your Realtor, and the homeowner are being protected.
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One other, easy safety measure is to have only your Realtor go into the homes that you wish to view and have them do a virtual tour via FaceTime, Google Meet, or a similar app. Once you’ve selected a home to put an offer on, then you and your Realtor can go in for an in-person walk-through.
Since Oregon isn’t a hotbed of viral spread we’ll probably begin to relax our quarantine measures in the near future. For now, it’s just safer to make sure that you, your Realtor, and the homeowner are being protected.
If you have any questions about buying or selling amid the pandemic or concerning real estate in general, please reach out via phone or email. I would love to help you.
