Let your agent handle your showings. Buyers feel more comfortable when viewing a vacant house. The experience becomes awkward when they walk into an occupied home.
This puts unwanted pressure on the buyer, which could make them uncomfortable enough to chase them away.
An experienced agent should know enough to advise this, but some are afraid to offend and will remain silent.
Most often, it’s the things we don’t like to hear that is the key to our own satisfaction…and only a good friend will dare go that far.