Does This House Have Eyes and Ears?

Prior to entering a home, if your Realtor® knows about it, they will inform you that the home has interior or exterior cameras recording not just your moves but possibly your conversations. But consider that many of the newer devices are not easily visible and the Realtors might not have been told that they exist. If that is the case, they do not know it and you won’t either. We are so used to being monitored these days that we might not think twice about it, but should we? As a buyer and a buyer agent, maybe we are doing nothing out of the ordinary during a showing. Putting aside the “creepiness” of being watched, viewing a home is an emotional experience; and while trying to take everything in, it can be hard to keep a poker face and keep cards close to the vest. Immersing themselves in the experience, buyers can easily forget to keep comments to themselves until a later time when they can discuss their actual thoughts in private with their Realtor.  It is easy to imagine that a Seller, seeing a Buyer’s reaction or hearing their candid thoughts, could seriously hamper a Buyer’s negotiating position.   
Buyers, whether they are informed or not, should consider that these walls might actually have eyes and ears.