It depends on the property and the seller.   Many showings can be accommodated with less than 24 hours notice.

As far as your experience and 22 hours not being sufficient -- control issues. 

More than 24 hours notice,  we are passing you by.

A minimum of 24 hours is requested but I will always ask my Sellers if they can accommodate a once off shorter request - it is their home, not mine.  (provided I do not need to be in attendance) 

I've found that most professionals have a full understanding of what their next day will consist of.  It is the pop tart agents we're trying to school

You see it once in a while, but definitely not the majority of the time.  Typically when you do see it, it's tenant occupied and those can be a royal  PITA, anyway.

If it is tenant occupied they are pretty firm on the 24 hours. Owner occupied is usually 1 – 4 hours notice.

most of our listings do not require 24 hour notice.... just notice.... we make sure our sellers understand how important it is to cooperate with buyer agents.....

Some people don't want to sell their house much, do they?

Frequent with some owners and many tenants, but the "literal 24" is not, but I did have a couple anal retentives mean it literally...so I called one at 7am Saturday and asked if we could see it at 7am tomorrow?  Even though I don't work Sundays, I couldn't resist.

24 hours is standard for homes with renters living in them.  Otherwise, 2-3 hours notice is about the average for our area.  I usually schedule the day before anyways with no problems.  If sellers make showing their home difficult, we move on.  Their loss.

I audibly said in a pained voice, WHAAAAAAT?

That's ridiculous. And 24 hours is usually FAR more notice than we expect to have to give. Residential, I want our sellers to be ready in 1 HOUR!

In my experience, these are tenants who are not happy about having the place sold out from under them. The owners, themselves, are usually very forthcoming and just want to clean up the place before having someone come over.

Depends, vacant and lock box - get in right away no notice needed.

If there's a tenant - even with 24 hours sometimes can't get in

I wouldn't say it's common but we do see this some. I find it's just "day before" not a strict 24 hours, but I always call before 24 hours just in csae they are strict about it

That is just silly and the Warden of the listing should give you clemency!

Yes

We generally just require an hour or two 

Sally,

The seller might have needed the 24 hours notice or more.

I do agree with Michael Jacobs, the agent might have a control issue.....

We don't have A LOT that require 24 hour notice, but try and set appointments the day before just in case.

No. That is not common.

Sometimes I am disappointed with such arrangements through such 'rules'!

It's unusual unless the place is tenant occupied - they want time to mess it up before the showing!

Right now, major seller's market. So we pretty much have to deal with whatever they want. Doesn't make much sense though... if you want to sell it, allow it to be seen! 

it's rare to even need an appointment in my area

No, that is unusual...typically a 2 hour notice is requested.

24 hours generally means over night.

Now that's a bit too much, unless they had to take the dogs to the park after work, during your showing.   Most are flexible, even when it is a 24 hour notice, but there is the exception.

I will generally call the listing agent under those circumstances and ask them to contact the Seller directly. That's someone who doesn't want to sell their home - or a tenant :)

Ours are often much shorter notices than that. 24 hours is not the norm.

If it is tenant-occupied; that can happen. If owner-occupied; tell them to stuff the house where it doesn't shine!

Yes, I do see them and those homes stay on market longest.

If it's occupied, maybe 2-4 hours.  Don't see 24 hours often.

It's not that common with most properties, but i still see it. It's not that hard to call and say " I'd like to show your house tomorrow at this time". Many people need time, and don't care what other peoples schedules are. The husband or wife could work night shift. Could have kids and/or pets to deal with, etc. We don't know the family situation of the sellers, and whatever the showing instructions say, that is what agents should follow.

It's the exception rather than the rule, here. And I've had clients with good reason for asking for 24 hours notice. In one case, her work schedule changed daily and in another she worked the night shift so needed to know in advance if she could come home and sleep or stay away until showing was done. 

Sally - common sense has run amok.  And yes, it's a control issue from the people who need it to function. 

It's not common to have a 24 hour notice in our area, but there are a few.  Seems like an unmotivated seller who would deny a showing because of 2 hours!  Really?  I agree ... grrrr

For the most part, only on tenant occupied homes.  Usually it's just "call and leave a message then go."

Some areas are different, I got chewed out once by an agent for calling and going, two hours notice, when the agent wanted to approve all showings first.  I ignored her and pointed out a flaw in her system.  That didn't help matters much and my clients didn't want to write an offer anyways, so I hung up.

Some tenants tried to make it difficult and you need to play their game.

No, not in my area. Sometimes a 24-hour notice is requested but even then, most sellers would try to accommodate a shorter time frame. It's all about the circumstances, there may be tenants, there may be pets that need to be secured before showings, but generally sellers know that showing restrictions will result in fewer showings.

Yes, very common.

Translated in layman's terms, 24 hours and you WILL get in. Less that 24 hours and you MAY get in. 

If a listing agent is dealing with a owner that treats selective criteria as opportunities to attack for non-conformance, then the 'letter' takes precedence over desire.

No.

It usually means at least day-before notice, not literally 24 hours.

If my criteria is met, you get to see the place or what good am I?

Twenty four hours should be plenty and have seen a few that were seventy two!

It's actually not a norm but give me a break on the 2 hours. The appt desk at my office never gets nuts like that.

That's a little crazy.  Two  hours shouldn't make a difference.  I find that some sellers ask for that but not as often as other areas.

It is common here but not often realistic.  I include a required lead time of 6 - 8 hours and suggested time of 24 hrs for my lived-in listings.  Most everyone can work with that.

Higher-end listings maybe 24 or more. Most other instructions I see in our MLS are around 2-3 hours. Did the listing not specify a time-frame or were you trying sneak in under the specified window? ;)

Sometimes they are 24 hours, but a no to 22 hours...really???

That time frame would be limited to very high end properties.  Mostly showing instructions here are go show.