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HOMESROCHESTER POST• JUNE 25, 2020 — 20A
BY JONATHAN SHEAD [email protected]
METRO DETROIT — Buying or sell-ing a home continues to change, adapt and look different in the middle of a worldwide
pandemic. Wearing shoe coverings and tidying up
may be normal for buyers and sellers, but these days buyers are also asked to wear a face mask and gloves to enter a home, and sellers are asked to provide those items at
their front door for anyone who doesn’t have them.
Sellers are asked to turn on all lights, open closet and room doors, and even open a couple cabinets to alleviate as many touch points as possible. After each showing,
homeowners are tasked with re-sanitizing their home top to bottom. In some cases, documents declaring you aren’t sick and don’t carry the virus have to be signed by
ABOVE: Real Estate One agents switched from handing out brochures at open houses and showings
to providing potential buyers with a QR code they can scan to receive information.
LEFT: A Real Estate One closing agent takes her client through documents outside, under a tent, as part of new
safety guidelines during the COVID-19 pandemic.
BELOW: Real Estate One Associate Broker Caron Koteles Riha stands in front of her client’s house while wearing a
face mask to follow the governor’s safety guidelines. Photos provided by Caron Koteles-Riha, Real Estate One
through documents outside, under a tent, as part of new
BELOW: Real Estate One Associate Broker Caron Koteles Riha stands in front of her client’s house while wearing a
their front door for anyone who doesn’t have homeowners are tasked with re-sanitizing
REALTORS RESPOND TO PANDEMIC, ESTABLISH EXTRA PRECAUTIONS
See See REALTORSREALTORS on page 21A on page 21A