Dreaded Open House Questions

 

1. How long have you been looking?

Why I'm asking: I'm trying to gauge how serious you are.  If you've been looking for only a short time, say a few weeks, I will understand that you're just getting your feet wet-that you're still gathering your thoughts.  If you've been looking for months, then I might dig in.  That tell me you've seen a lot, but you haven't found what you're looking for.  I'm wondering why you haven't pulled the trigger and, hey, maybe this is...