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Susan Haughton
Long and Foster REALTORS (703) 470-4545 - Alexandria, VA
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No, but I carry shoe covers in my car just in case!

Apr 07, 2016 05:44 AM
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Ryan Huggins - Thousand Oaks, CA
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I won't remove my shoes either (doctor's orders).  Walking barefoot can destroy your foot's arch.

If my shoes are muddy, I may make an exception or just not tour the house.

 

My broker was showing one of our listings and the kids had muddy feet and they were asked to remove their shoes.  The buyer's agent said "the mud was there before my clients got there."  Mind you the house was just cleaned a day before and my broker was inside and it was spotless.  Broker didn't do anything.  We all agreed it was good I wasn't there.  I would have ripped the agent up a new one and made the kids either remove their shoes or GTFO of the house!  I was also on day 6 of ultra low carbs and my inner "adam henry" was no longer "inner". 

Apr 08, 2016 03:38 AM
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Joe Petrowsky
Mortgage Consultant, Right Trac Financial Group, Inc. NMLS # 2709 - Manchester, CT
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Good morning Bob. When we have an open house for a home that we flip, we have shoe covers just in case, but most people have no issue with the request, as we have signage that says just that.

Apr 07, 2016 06:52 PM
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Tammy Lankford,
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No and I do keep shoe covers in my car for bad weather days.  I don't ask people to remove their shoes.

Apr 07, 2016 03:25 PM
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Debbie Reynolds, C21 Platinum Properties
Platinum Properties- (931)771-9070 - Clarksville, TN
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No I haven't had anyone that continued to walk through the house with muddy shoes on. I have had a couple of clients that said they didn't need to see the house if they had to take their shoes off.

Apr 07, 2016 01:46 PM
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Mary Yonkers
Alan Kells School of Real Estate/Howard Hanna Real Estate - Erie, PA
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Not my buyer client, but open house visitors.  Ugh!  Yes, we always have booties at listings and opens.  One gentleman left w/o viewing property.  So be it.

Apr 07, 2016 06:40 AM
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Lise Howe
Keller Williams Capital Properties - Washington, DC
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No

Apr 07, 2016 06:36 AM
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Noah Seidenberg
Coldwell Banker - Evanston, IL
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I put shoe covers at my listings

Apr 07, 2016 06:30 AM
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Lyn Sims
Schaumburg, IL
Real Estate Broker Retired

No, but I'm sure the look on my face would dissuade them from going further into the house. Sometimes booties don't contain the mud.

Apr 07, 2016 06:30 AM
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Jeff Pearl
RE/MAX Distinctive / LIC in VA - Lovettsville, VA
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No. Muddy shoes should be removed, then person can wear bootie over their socks. If they refuse to remove them, then we leave without seeing the house.

Apr 07, 2016 06:13 AM
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Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Napa Consultants - Carpinteria, CA
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Bob,

I think you can get shoe covers, and I would not let someone come in a pristine environement and not wear some covers.   A

Apr 07, 2016 06:02 AM
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Annette Lawrence , Palm Harbor, FL 727-420-4041
ReMax Realtec Group - Palm Harbor, FL
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I don't remove mine so I don't ask anyone to remove theirs.

However I bring a towel/mat when it rains, shoe cover are always in the boot, and as a last resort, plastic bags.

I do not let a buyer/visitor disrespect the home of another by muddying the place up even when the cause is all the dog grenades in the back yard.

Apr 07, 2016 05:50 AM
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Richie Alan Naggar
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Not a buyer client but a guest and that was because we invited this stranger to dinner and he had holes in his socks and didn't want us to know. I gave him a pair of socks (I guessed this and was right) and we had a Disney ending

Apr 07, 2016 05:48 AM
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Valeria Mola
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No, never. 

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Bob Crane
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Wow, that would be a problem.

Aug 06, 2017 09:53 PM
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Joan Cox
House to Home, Inc. - Denver Real Estate - 720-231-6373 - Denver, CO
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I have had listings where obviously someone did not remove their shoes and made a mess.  Some people are just not respectful of others!  

Apr 08, 2016 11:26 PM
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Kathleen Daniels, Probate & Trust Specialist
KD Realty - 408.972.1822 - San Jose, CA
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I refused to allow a woman into an open house for not either (1) removing her shoes or (2) wearing booties.  I don't make the rules sweetheart ... if you want to see the house ... those are the rules.  

She left with her shoes and her holier than thou attitude.

Apr 08, 2016 07:06 AM
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Tony and Suzanne Marriott, Associate Brokers
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Haven Express @ Keller Williams Arizona Realty

None that are still clients!! 

Apr 07, 2016 11:45 PM
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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No.   I think if that occurred, it might be a game changer in the relationship.  

Apr 07, 2016 11:20 PM
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Roy Kelley
Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

No. It is a good idea to have a supply of shoe covers.

Apr 07, 2016 11:03 PM
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Wayne Martin
Wayne M Martin - Chicago, IL
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Jeff Pearl said it well! No further comment necessary!

Apr 07, 2016 09:45 PM
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Richard Weeks
Dallas, TX
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Luckly no.

Apr 07, 2016 09:43 PM
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Gita Bantwal
RE/MAX Centre Realtors - Warwick, PA
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No.

Apr 07, 2016 09:32 PM
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Kathleen Luiten
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I have disposable booties in case people prefer not to remove their shoes.

Apr 07, 2016 06:07 PM
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Inna Ivchenko
Barcode Properties - Encino, CA
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Fortunately, we do not have much mud or rain in my area....

Apr 07, 2016 04:52 PM
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Praful Thakkar
LAER Realty Partners - Andover, MA
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Bob "RealMan" Timm - not yet! In fact, sometimes they remove the shoes (by habit) even if it is not needed.

Apr 07, 2016 04:33 PM
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Patricia Kennedy
RLAH@Properties - Washington, DC
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Not muddy shoes.  Clean shoes, yes.

Apr 07, 2016 02:25 PM
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Sharon Kowitz
CRS-SRES-ABR-GRI-E-Pro-CREN ~ COMPASS RE - Cary, NC
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No, not muddy shoes but shoes in general! I don't normally push it, unless I feel like it would truly be a problem!

Apr 07, 2016 02:14 PM
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Melissa Jackson REALTOR
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No, 

Apr 07, 2016 12:48 PM
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Carol Wilson
Your $imple Home - Toronto, ON

When you ask them to remove their shoes, if they look unwilling and you can see obvious dirt, you can always follow up with:  ...or would you prefer me to send you the bill for cleaning the carpet?  I intend to return the house to them in the same condition in which they loaned it to me.

Apr 07, 2016 12:33 PM
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Larry Johnston
Broker, Friends & Neighbors Real Estate and Elkhart County Subdivisions, LLC - Elkhart, IN
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No they all seem to obey, especially in the Winter here.

Apr 07, 2016 12:12 PM
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Debbie Laity
Cedaredge Land Company - Cedaredge, CO
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Thankfully no. 

Apr 07, 2016 10:57 AM
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I do carry shoe covers and have throw rugs - some folks are real cads.

Apr 07, 2016 10:54 AM
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Diana Zaccaro Broker Associate
ZOOM Realty Group - Cocoa Beach, FL
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No, not yet.

 

Apr 07, 2016 10:28 AM
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Sybil Campbell
Fernandina Beach, FL
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No. I think Susan haughton has a gret idea.

Apr 07, 2016 10:20 AM
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Scott Godzyk
Godzyk Real Estate Services - Manchester, NH
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When i was there? NO however when t was a buyer broker and their buyer, they made a heck of a mess.

Apr 07, 2016 09:58 AM
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Susan Laxson CRS
Palm Properties - La Quinta, CA
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I carry shoe covers and find that easier for most people, rather than asking them to remove their shoes.

Apr 07, 2016 09:54 AM
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Raymond E. Camp
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They would not get past the entranceway and maddwe than a wet hen!

I did have covers in the truck for them to use.

Apr 07, 2016 09:01 AM
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William Feela
WHISPERING PINES REALTY - North Branch, MN
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No not yet.

Apr 07, 2016 08:53 AM
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Sam Shueh
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Fairly often.... Make racisit comment only your kind of people take shoes off and walked away.

Apr 07, 2016 07:33 AM
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Michael Thacker - Re/Max Real Estate Center - Louisville
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I have had some act perturbed, but they do it.

Apr 07, 2016 07:10 AM
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Abby Stiller
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That has never happend to me yet.

Apr 07, 2016 07:06 AM
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Jeff Dowler, CRS
eXp Realty of California, Inc. - Carlsbad, CA
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It's not been an issue. Not so much mud here in drought-laden SoCal. And when show covers are provided everyone I have been with has either donned then or went in socks

Apr 07, 2016 06:59 AM
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Joe Pryor
The Virtual Real Estate Team - Oklahoma City, OK
REALTOR® - Oklahoma Investment Properties

Never have.

 

Apr 07, 2016 06:48 AM
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Ward County Notary Services - Minot, ND
Owner of Ward Co Notary Services retired RE Broker

The few (maybe two or three) times it's happened to me I'v asked them to leave immediately unless it was obvious that they had health reasons that would make it difficult to remove their shoes Valeria Mola .

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