Every day I get local real estate listings sent to my email. I have for a couple of years now. It just recently dawned on me that it’s a great tool for finding potential places to hunt. You can find out how many acres and how old the property is. My question is how would you approach such a place?
I found a 4 acre farm house built in 1735. Any metal detectors dream!!! My thoughts are if they are selling anyway maybe they won’t mind but I am a bit nervous about approaching them. Should I just be bold and knock on their door? I was thinking I could say something like “I’m really into history and I’ve admired your home for a long time. I thought maybe since you are selling I could get your permission to metal detect. If not the whole yard maybe just back in the farm field?”
I’ve never asked a complete stranger and to be honest after today I am very nervous about asking anybody. I asked a woman I know (not a friend but somebody I have known for years who was a customer at a store I once worked at. We were friendly though and she let me go fishing on her property) anyway I remembered she once told me she and her sister had a big piece of property in a nearby town so I called her today and asked for permission. She freaked out. ABSOLUTELY NOT!!! NO WAY!! WHY? WHAT FOR? Turns out she was having a bad day to start and I asked her to tell me about it hoping it would calm her down. She vented and told me all the bad things going on and I listened intently. But I’m not getting permission and the experience has put me off a bit.
Should I go for it? People in my area are a bit surprised when a complete stranger comes knocking. I am a woman though so maybe I’ll seem less threatening. I could also maybe get a letter from the chief of police. He’s known me a long time and I think a letter from him letting people know I’m not some weirdo might help.
What to do?? It’s hard to pass up a 1735 farm house.
I found a 4 acre farm house built in 1735. Any metal detectors dream!!! My thoughts are if they are selling anyway maybe they won’t mind but I am a bit nervous about approaching them. Should I just be bold and knock on their door? I was thinking I could say something like “I’m really into history and I’ve admired your home for a long time. I thought maybe since you are selling I could get your permission to metal detect. If not the whole yard maybe just back in the farm field?”
I’ve never asked a complete stranger and to be honest after today I am very nervous about asking anybody. I asked a woman I know (not a friend but somebody I have known for years who was a customer at a store I once worked at. We were friendly though and she let me go fishing on her property) anyway I remembered she once told me she and her sister had a big piece of property in a nearby town so I called her today and asked for permission. She freaked out. ABSOLUTELY NOT!!! NO WAY!! WHY? WHAT FOR? Turns out she was having a bad day to start and I asked her to tell me about it hoping it would calm her down. She vented and told me all the bad things going on and I listened intently. But I’m not getting permission and the experience has put me off a bit.
Should I go for it? People in my area are a bit surprised when a complete stranger comes knocking. I am a woman though so maybe I’ll seem less threatening. I could also maybe get a letter from the chief of police. He’s known me a long time and I think a letter from him letting people know I’m not some weirdo might help.
What to do?? It’s hard to pass up a 1735 farm house.