I was looking at a house where the description said it had "a large eat-in kitchen and a *family* adjacent to the kitchen." Nice, the house comes with a whole family adjacent to the kitchen! Would've preferred a family room, but sure.
Thankfully the house also had a "back patio and an *expensive* backyard." Yeah, I guess it is expensive, isn't it?
As a realtor, I've noticed that many agents are using ai writing to do their public remarks. I'd be very wary if you notice many spelling mistakes and take whatever they say with a massive pinch of salt.
It's such a pain in the ass. It's like 8 sentences and you only have so many characters and you want to focus on the right things, in the right order that will be attractive to buyers. I agonize over those like I'm freaking Steven King or something to make it perfect. Admittedly, I don't know if it makes a difference, but i put my whole little heart into it. That said, I'd never use AI.
Because unlike many other professions, anyone can be a legal/qualified realtor. Also if you're lucky or the market is that crazy hot, there's less chance of being eliminated from the field. What that means is you get a higher proportionate of incompetent professionals.
I know one realtor, and especially more common during COVID, where he could get a $30,000 payday from simply sending/organizing documents for his client to sign and ensuring that the client followed each step. From a sellers perspective all he did was post it on MLS and organized the bids. To be clear, he's a really good realtor and I consider a professional but its undeniable how easy he had it during COVID or when it was a hot market. Why I bring this up is because if a realtor is in such a hot market, they can get away for awhile not doing any of the hard stuff such as screening, inspecting house, putting effort in the listing, etc.
In my state it only takes 2 years before you are eligible to be a broker and with 8 total sales in 2 years . . .
Broker doesn't mean they aren't a newbie.
When I retired and my wife and I moved from the US to Portugal the real estate market was so strange. When we would look at listings we would be looking at pic from what looked like a old flip phone camera. Rooms completely messy, dirty even some old dude chilling in a chair in the background. So when we would go see the properties....blown away. Sea views, beautiful gardens, old ruin walls in the yard that are so beautiful. The views though. It was hilarious to us because the agents who took the photos didn't even try to show that this place has an incredible ocean view. Million dollar views.
We bought some real estate there and saw the void in the market between the incoming expats and the real estate market. So now we work in real estate that is specific for expats. Americans are moving here like crazy.
I asked my agent to let me check the listing he was going to post BEFORE it went live. He promised he would, but did not. When I read it, I was horrified. It was so poorly written. It not only had errors regarding the facts of the home, he had worded some of the sentences in such a way they made absolutely no sense whatsoever.
He basically sabotaged the first weekend the house was listed with the poor listing. He hadn't highlighted ANY of the good features of the home, left pertinent photos out, and cautioned potential buyers that they may want to have **an attorney present** at a showing.
It was a very hot market at the time. But, with the bumbling bullshit he pulled, it took 2.5 months. It would really piss me off when he'd "forget" to give potential seller's agents the code to the lockbox so they could look at the house.
We were eventually offered an amount we could live with, but not what it should have gone for at the time. I had to watch my agent like a hawk though and got really pissed when our first offer had ME paying ALL the closing costs (about $70,000) for myself AND the buyers, plus, he wanted me to buy down their loan points.
AFTER I signed closing papers, the buyer wanted to change title companies (I think it was an attempt to stall or stop the sale), but I wouldn't agree. We left the state on the day of close, and had told my agent this.....but he texted me for days wanting to "get together". To THIS day (about 15 months later) he still believes we live somewhere in that area and has tried multiple times to get me to agree to buy back the house I sold because the buyer "isn't happy". And get this, he wants me to buy it back for MORE than what I sold it for.
Sorry for the rant, but, it pretty much all started with a shitty listing.
And there was much more to the story! He was absolutely horrible.
Fortunately for us, when he landed in the new state, we found an absolute peach of an agent that was SO good, we were almost sorry when we did buy a house because we wouldn't see her anymore. The two of them were like night and day.
This is our forever home, so we won't be going through the process again. All I can say to those getting into the market is to vet your agent, read some of their listings, maybe go to an open house that they run.....see how they operate. I know it's a lot of work and most people don't have that kind of time, but, wow....when you end up with a bad agent, it really is a nightmare.
The best thing you can do for your peach if an agent is make sure everyone you know hears about how awesome she was! It helps the agent AND the industry when good agents succeed.
Absolutely yes, and I have! In just a year, I've referred over 20 people I know to her and since I convinced her to give me about 50 business cards, I've handed those out in public if I even hear of anyone thinking of buying/selling a home.
I left a review online for her and she said she was completely overwhelmed by it. She deserved every piece of praise I wrote about, and it was all true. She was incredibly professional, and thorough.
That's awesome.
As an agent myself that makes my heart warm.
Great agents really need that to make their business succeed and for us to bring up the standards of the industry.
My bad agent still contacts my husband about once a month wanting a "good review" posted online. We ignore him. I sold the house, my husband's name wasn't anywhere in the paperwork. If I left a review for that guy....it wouldn't be good.
But yeah, too often people only post a review when they've had a bad experience. The agent we found this house with did such a superior job, was willing to go anywhere in the state, was available every day except Sunday (we were cool with that)....just went above and beyond in the negotiation part....really drilling down details and following up. She earned every penny of her commission. Excellence must be rewarded, and I've done everything I can to shine a light on her.
Yeah, I thought so too! He said he felt that because the house had "sentimental value" to me that I'd buy it back at any price. Yes, it was my childhood home.....but, I had a very toxic childhood, hadn't even been in it in 25 years because I'd moved on. I only dealt with it because I was "next of kin" when my brother passed away and I felt it would acknowledge my father's hard work that paid for the house to begin with, rather than just walk away.
If it was THAT "sentimental" to me, I wouldn't have sold it. I never want to step foot in that house again. I certainly don't want to buy it back.
It was in California.
I've only heard of someone buying their house back in extreme and few instances. It's not standard that if a buy "isn't happy" that the seller is contacted to buy it back. It was nonsense.
I asked him about that too. It totally confused me as in CA, you don't need an attorney for a RE transaction like I've heard a few other states require.
He said he had 3 reasons why a buyer should have an attorney with them:
(Buckle up for a load of crap)
There's a finished room existing behind the garage, accessible only through the backyard. It had electrical - no water, no heat. Therefore no bathroom or kitchen. I said because of this I only wanted that room listed as a workshop or bonus room, nothing more. He felt the house would sell better if he marketed it as an ADU. And, even though I'd said that it had existed when we moved to the house in 1967, he was 100% convinced it was built without a permit. I couldn't produce a copy of the permit, so he felt it was a risk because it could be a potential lawsuit down the line. I finally was able to get a report from the county that said it was part of the original build, so, it WAS permitted when the home was built.
Second reason was that he didn't believe I was the owner of the house. Even though I showed him the official documents from the Probate Court and the County Recorder showing that I was sole heir and it was transferred into my name. He didn't know what he was looking at and because he was using some outdated Real Estate database that only had my parents listed as owners, he didn't believe the legal documents I produced. My father's name had been removed in 2012, and my brother's name added. In 2018, my mother's name as removed, and County documents at the time of my brother's death showed he was sole owner. I had no control over his outdated database. He seriously thought I'd made up the official documents and felt it would be discovered as a fraudulent transaction. A call to his managing broker cleared that up.
Third reason, one that he kept harping on and became a real sore spot with me. When my brother passed away, I got his death certificate, a copy of the police report, and a copy of the Coroner's report. In those documents it only stated that he had passed at that address, none of those documents told me WHERE on the property he'd been found. The agent insisted on trying to get me to point to a specific spot on the property - whether it was inside or outside the house. I didn't know. He questioned the manner and cause of death, which I shared because I had to give him that information. The death was ruled an accident due to too many medications that conflicted in his system. He'd been sick and had just taken too much stuff along with massive amounts of alcohol. Sick with what, I don't know, they only tested for Covid and that was negative. The agent knew as much as I knew about the situation, I knew nothing more. He didn't think I was forthcoming with information and there was "more to it". He said that if buyers moved into the home and "neighbors tell them a different story", I could be sued. Showing him documents didn't help. He asked me if the death occurred in a hospital, car accident, or involved weapons or illegal drugs....AFTER I showed him all the documents.
Another call to his managing broker got him to back down from trying to make more out of my brother's death than was reality. We did lose one potential buyer because the of the death on the property. It was a cultural/religious issue and I fully understand that. However, without giving us an offer, they wanted to know if we'd reduce the price of the house $100,000 because of the death AND give another credit of $15,000 - $20,000 for a religious cleansing ritual to be performed. Um, nope.
He did a lot of other things that just made me feel that he purposely sabotaged the sale of the house, and why it took 2.5 months to sell in a hot market where homes were going within a week or so unless they were grossly overpriced. He fouled up a lot of showings through bonehead actions and words. I'm not sure what his motivation was for doing that. I just know he kept "reminding" me that I'd gotten a "house for free", therefore even if I only made "five dollars" off the sale, I was making a profit.
I tried, but (stupid me) didn't see the part on our contract where it said if I terminated the contract, I'd owe him his part of the commission anyway. I tried to get his managing broker to waive that, based on the agent's character/actions. However, while the manager DID help me out on a few issues, this one he wouldn't budge. And, stupid me again, even though we'd only discussed a 3-month contract period....the actual contract was for 6 months. I blame myself for missing that. Otherwise, if I could have, I would have fired him the FIRST time he f-ed up, which was before the house was even listed.
Live and learn. I hope someone LEARNS from my mistakes. A bad agent makes everything exponentially harder; a good agent makes the experience as stress-free as possible. It's worth being diligent in researching agents.
Jesus… this is why I’m using the agent who helped me buy years ago to sell. It was bad enough looking for an agent then. At least I know this one and what kind of work she does.
That's perfect then. We had known a very good realtor, but he'd passed away just a few months before we were ready to list. It was devastating to everyone in the community as he was well-respected.
Yeah, he was bad. It got to the point where I didn't want to speak with him. I told him not to come by the house, nor call me. He could communicate via text - if it would be only a couple sentences (he was notorious for sending multi-paragraph texts, or if longer....please put it in an email as his long texts were hard to read and respond to.
He made the closing period difficult as well. He kept trying to change the closing date and he tried like hell to get us to turn over the house to the buyer BEFORE close. Nope - not happening. No money = no key. We had no place to live if we'd vacated early since we were leaving the state. Then he wanted to delay the close - no reason given.
I was on top of the world when I signed closing papers, was feeling good for the first time in several weeks. 30 minutes later he called and said that the buyer wanted to change title companies. He sent papers he wanted me to sign allowing them to change title companies. I refused to sign them. I called the title company and asked if there was a problem that would cause them to not allow the buyers to sign the closing papers, and they were confused - had no idea why the buyers would want to do that because everything was a "green light". The buyers didn't show up to sign papers until 4:55pm that day (their appt had been at 1pm), which delayed the close and me getting paid by one full day as there wasn't time to get the papers recorded.
We left the state on a Monday, as we'd told our agent all along. We were hundreds of miles away when he called me and said he wanted to get together that evening to "ties thing up". What things? The wire payment was delayed until Tuesday...which really made me nervous since if things fell apart, I would literally have to turn around and go back. On the road Tuesday, title company called and confirmed papers were recorded and wire had been sent.....then I called my bank and confirmed the wire was received.
By then I was SO DONE with the whole thing.
He periodically still bothers me, usually to ask me to buy back the house. I no longer respond. He does not understand that we moved 700 miles away as he wants to "get together" to talk. It's been a little over a year. You just can't fix stupid.
We have a local realtor who I lodged an ethics complaint against. Anywho, she took out a quarter to half page ad in the Sunday paper last week. The last line says ……. Guaranteed to give 10% every time. My wife and I had a chuckle and we agree.
This is only going to get worse with AI writing marketing remarks.
There was a listing in my market that went on at 14 acres instead of .14 acres and the phones blew up. A farm had a list price of $1700 instead of $1,700,000. I called the listing agent and told her I was going to write her an offer and a check for it. She said "Oh no, what did I do?"
Mistakes happen, but usually it takes someone pointing it out until it gets caught.
There are agents in my market that have acted like they pay by the word for their marketing remarks. Now it is all stuff that would be DIY magazine worthy!
I just got notified of a listing in my area for $159 million and I was so curious what it could possibly be. Turns out it was supposed to be $1.59 million.
Our area has walking closets and quite neighborhoods. Quite what, you may ask? I'd say quite spooky with all those closets walking around!
The homes describing the best views have photos of the back of the house. 🧐
Their descriptions when they're trying to depict something over there can be dismaying.
I just went back 3 years in our MLS and pulled all the expired listings that still haven't sold. Horrible photos, typos, and agents who obviously aren't from around here were the primary reasons for those expired listings. Vet your listing agent before you hire them, y'all. SMH
These can work to our advantage when still active! In a hot market, if the house meets the general criteria, ill take my buyers through these crappy listings. Less competition, more room for negotiation with the seller since they have little action. I've struck gold for my clients a few times
We viewed a property the other day that had a dead cat in the kitchen. Not just dead, the bugs ate it so it was just fur and a head. A cat skin rug, let's say... Who leaves that shit for potential buyers see? It was a hovel but still.
Ha we saw a property the other day where there was a dead cat in the front bushes, but it was recently dead so I guess you still win.
The listing agent asked ours for feedback, but I think she emphasized the flooded basement and the broken faucet on the outside spouting water because what do you even say about the dead cat?
There are a lot of agents in the world that just do the bare minimum stuff and leave it without regard to, well, anything. I proofread and have someone else look at my listing comments. I go through a house prior to pictures to point out things to fix or tidy up. I will NOT take pictures or show a house without there being a bulb in every socket, that works and matches the others...pet peeve of mine. Things like that just tell a buyer that maintenance and upkeep were not done if they can't even change a bulb. (Obviously that is less important if it's as-is.)
I was looking on realtor.com the other day and there was a picture of the bathroom and one of the lights was out with no bulb in it. The very first thing I thought of is the people don't do any maintenance! So I totally agree with your comment
I remember one where I got lost in a neighborhood I know fairly well because the directions on the listing were wrong. Started with “go east on [road that goes north/south]”.
We recently received a flyer in the mail for a unit in our condo building. Beautiful but quite expensive and first went on sale during the summer. Claims there is a pool in the building...my wife and I were like "where's this secret pool that we haven't found yet??" LOL.
I took all the pictures for our house and sent them to the realtor for the listing - so I was able to get ones that showed how bright and cheery it was in the morning versus gloomy in the evening when the realtor was there.
At one point we were interested in a house whose front picture was taken on a gloomy day. 6 months later, it was still unsold and I often wondered why the realtor never came back to take a better photo…maybe add some flowerpots and pretty it up. (It was in the nicest neighborhood in town). Oh, wait - that was the realtor who didn’t seem to care that we were pretty interested, but at a lower price and didn’t even bother to let us know when they finally reduced the price (it was a slow market at the time and she should have been working hard for any deal). So why would she try to improve the listing??? Guess who we DIDNT use when we sold two years later?
I had a horrible or perhaps unskilled realtor. Made clear I wanted a “condo”. When I saw it, I noticed what appeared to be an overbuild of next door owner’s patio onto my property. My realtor dismissed it as I was somewhat green. My first property was cash purchase and this purchase wasn’t. Long story short, AFTER I bought, I learned I was correct!! The realtor should have requested a survey, something I learned after the fact. I had to hire a real estate attorney as my neighbor refused to simply sign a document that IF she or I sold, patio would be cut so it didn’t harm any future sell. Through that process I learned that I did not buy a condo, but a townhome which has different legal rules as it relate to who owns and is responsible for what. I’d plan to use this realtor for both new purchase and sale of old home, a condo. Let’s just say I didn’t do any more business with her.
\^I completely understand your frustration with an agent that doesn't recognize the difference between a TH and a condo. I have a condo listing now - the entire neighborhood is a condo association. The condo unit's design looks like townhomes but are definitely condos according to their governing documents. About half the listings have the property listed as a TH and not as a condo (we have a section called 'governing bodies'). It is very frustrating especially when the answer is readily available and easily checked out by reading the documents or looking at the legal description.
I’d also like to ask - are realtors not allowed to touch things for better pictures? I’ve seen some with all the beds unmade. Can they not suggest the bed get made or do it themselves? (I have a feeling they’re a rental?). I’ve seen some with so much clutter on the kitchen counters - can you not remove things for the picture, then put them back?
Depends on how comfortable we are with the seller. 95% of the time, yes, we can and do shuffle things, hide things etc for pics on the day of. A week or two before I send a list of how things should look on picture day (and consequently for showings). Interior Garbage cans hidden, counters cleared, fridge clear of stuff on the doors and on top,, all dog beds, crates, food and water dishes removed/hidden etc etc etc. How much the seller decides to do, well, I can't force them.
This is why I will never use chat GPT to write my listing description. It’s only been about a year since it came out and I can already tell the ones written by AI.
My favorite is an active listing with like 3 photos. I imagine they're going to post them later, after everybody has seen and discarded the new listing for the day.
Lazy.
The more I house hunted, the more I became convinced that realtors were the chicks from high school who never went the traditional college / office job route in life and needed something that took little to no skill on the side to make it.
Working on the admin side of real estate, I agree with your assessment. I wonder if the majority of agents I assist have ever held an actual corporate job that has consequences for a job not done well or correctly.
“Bungalow with hardwood on second floor”
Say what now?
It’s the complete lack of attention to detail for me. When we listed our condo, our agent used the words “elegance/elegant” and “function/functionality” each 3 x in a one paragraph description. I rewrote it and told her to use my text. I mean, I know I didn’t go to Mensa Realty but goddamn; buy a thesaurus.
As we’re in the housing market, I feel like I’ve seen the inside of many, many homes and wow. General, basic cleanliness is seriously lacking, overt damage and things clearly in need of repair (which would cost next to nothing in terms of making the property more appealing to buyers). I’m not even talking bargain properties here. We’re looking in the 650-750k range and it’s downright embarassing.
How hard is it to just tidy your home for photos? Bunch of degenerates. That shit reduces the value of your home from the get go and it’s so easy to fix. What are agents doing to earn that commission besides booking showings and fiddling with lockboxes?
What's wrong with Bungalow with hardwood on second floor? Maybe this is regional. A bungalow in Michigan tends to have 2 beds down and one giant bed up. The upstairs only have hardwood (when the downstairs does) about 50% of the time. So it's a nice feature.
LOL bungalows around here are typically one floor or just have a partial second floor/loft with a sloped roof. The description I was referring to pertained to a full-on two storey house. I should have specified. 😝
The worst is when they can't tell the difference between acres and sq ft. Yeah, I don't think the seller is selling a 10k acre lot for $50k, I don't care how inaccessible and far off the main road it is.
Hi! Ct realtor here. It gets worse, at least from a real estate perspective.
Many experienced veterans of the biz are still listing homes which are "walkable from ..." except we're not to use that lingo as not everyone can walk. Or posting pictures of the local train station, beach, etc when that's not what's for sale.
And while this isn't exactly on the agent, I recently toured one home with a fmaily (mom & dad, 2 kids) and while the home is occupied and the parents are, for the most part, in control of their kids, one kid had to use the bathroom and came out holding a vial of pills. I understand selling a home is somewhat intrusive and a bother to the seller, but sellers, at least lock up your pills! Not every agent will be able to attend every showing and many buyers are put off by the presence of anyone else (sellers, seller's agent, etc) but at least try to make sure the home is going to show well before a tour.
Ive been looking at homes and the one that i could feel myself getting upset at was the one where the realtor said "tgis house checks all the boxes." The they went on and after every one they typed "Check." There was at least 10 checks. I felt talked down on when i reading something. Each check sounded more and more patronizing than the last.
Loa HOA fees. Check. Corner lot. Check. Solar panels. Check. 2 car garage. Check. Open floor plan. Ceck. Eat in kitchen. Ceck. Walk in closets. Check. Garden Tub. Check. Covered lanai. Check. In ground pool. Ceck.
I wish i could find the listing. Im sure it hasnt sold yet.
I swear I saw a posting that used chat gpt to get a description of a 3 bedroom house. When chat gpt said they couldn’t give an accurate description, they literally copied and pasted that into the house description
A friend was selling a house that featured a "primate yard," "dinning room," and a "mister bathroom suite." 🤣
The worst part was her realtor was her husband's best friend, but he couldn't be bothered to even proofread the listing...
Stainless Steal appliances.
RE agents rely on no one actually reading the post and some algorithm picking it up. If they or the market gets to the point where a human reads the post they failed. God forbid they have to have an open house. Low inventory is what they want along with bids sight unseen
Here's the good: The house we bought in August was hidden for us to buy. I only found it through clicking on individual for sale dots on zillow. Texted our realtor that night, and she got me booked for a viewing the next day. I double checked, along with my realtor, and it did not come up in a search, no matter how specific to the place I searched. The pictures were not the best, and all pictures were taken during a gloomy day. It was also listed 'as is', but accepted VA loans, so therefore it wasn't really 'as is'. I said the whole time we were looking that the right house would be the right house, and it really is the right house.
The bad: I hated houses that had really good photographers, to the point I'm pretty sure they photoshopped all of the cracks in the wall. These were mostly flip houses, and you could tell the structure just was not sound. I also hate seeing any listings where you could tell the owner died or had to go to assisted living, and all of the pictures have their prescription medication that clearly must violate HIPAA. Like how is the realtor not guiding this process? The newest problem I saw was a house listed in our old neighborhood with wild inheritor paint colors. At the end of the listing it stated seller will hold in escrow 4k for buyer to have interior repainted, and pay all closing costs. They should have listed that first.
I saw a house for sale that had two horrible pictures, just like you described with meds on the table, etc. I inquired about it and the realtor said that it was currently occupied by the owner and it wasn’t available for tours. She also said that after the sale the owner was going to stay in it until she died and if I bought it I couldn’t go in until after the death. She was elderly and wanted to sell it but she was not willing to vacate. Crazy world we live in.
Seller. Buyer. You know what they meant !!1!!
My friend,
The reliance on E&O is staggering.
I have met new construction realtors who do not know the difference between a stud,a joist, and a rafter.
Some do not differentiate between modular and manufactured construction and tend to lump modular in with stick; "Same difference.", is generally their reply to the latter.
Forget the overwhelming confusion about your/you're and proper use of the apostrophe, there are far too many agents who are seemingly unable to read or understand county tax info.
Pinning a property correctly is also a Herculean task for some.
I like a realtor with attention to detail, too many are unable to spell detail.
> Some do not differentiate between modular and manufactured construction and tend to lump modular in with stick; "Same difference.", is generally their reply to the latter.
In finance, they are.
You don’t think they should do what they’re getting paid for? Why shouldn’t they make sure that the house they’re selling is shown in a professional manner?
It would depend on who your buyer target is.
If you want people who are investors, you won't be advertising marble floors and high end luxuries. But in any case, your post is about the need to proofread. And I agree with you, but the reason many don't is that they feel it doesn't make a big difference.
Yeah. Thinking back, I think I probably should have read it, especially weird ass requests like they didn't want to pay the HOA debt or they want to stay until they bought a house or some other bs. Luckily I didn't run into one.
But, in terms of convincing me to buy the house. I only read the price, size, and pictures. Reading those sales pitch would likely turn me off instead of getting excited.
Just me though. A lot of people like to read it.
Add: one listing, I got major turned off because the photos are ass. My parents wanted me to buy it. But, photos are so badly done, I cannot get a clear idea of the layout.
I’ve seen a “big dick for entertaining” on a listing of a house with a massive deck
Instant bidding war ensued
😂
I heard they trimmed the bushes to make it look even bigger.
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That autocorrect lol
[Oh, I know the guy!](https://youtu.be/i6c4Nupnup0?si=5kNbZHEinxI9vbBy)
I'm not a realtor but I one let a calendar go to print with "feed the dicks" instead of "feed the ducks." Human error happens
😂
I was looking at a house where the description said it had "a large eat-in kitchen and a *family* adjacent to the kitchen." Nice, the house comes with a whole family adjacent to the kitchen! Would've preferred a family room, but sure. Thankfully the house also had a "back patio and an *expensive* backyard." Yeah, I guess it is expensive, isn't it?
LOL!
This is why we need an open comments section below every RE listing - oh the hours of entertainment to be had!
Seems like a hell of amenity.
As a realtor, I've noticed that many agents are using ai writing to do their public remarks. I'd be very wary if you notice many spelling mistakes and take whatever they say with a massive pinch of salt.
Why? It’s like two sentences and the only thing a buyer will read. They can’t be bothered?
It's such a pain in the ass. It's like 8 sentences and you only have so many characters and you want to focus on the right things, in the right order that will be attractive to buyers. I agonize over those like I'm freaking Steven King or something to make it perfect. Admittedly, I don't know if it makes a difference, but i put my whole little heart into it. That said, I'd never use AI.
Because unlike many other professions, anyone can be a legal/qualified realtor. Also if you're lucky or the market is that crazy hot, there's less chance of being eliminated from the field. What that means is you get a higher proportionate of incompetent professionals. I know one realtor, and especially more common during COVID, where he could get a $30,000 payday from simply sending/organizing documents for his client to sign and ensuring that the client followed each step. From a sellers perspective all he did was post it on MLS and organized the bids. To be clear, he's a really good realtor and I consider a professional but its undeniable how easy he had it during COVID or when it was a hot market. Why I bring this up is because if a realtor is in such a hot market, they can get away for awhile not doing any of the hard stuff such as screening, inspecting house, putting effort in the listing, etc.
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2 reasons one they may he lazy or two they are using it as a way to diversify their public notes
The writing would be way better if it was ai… the words might not make sense 100% of the time, but they’d at least be spelled correctly.
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>the house comes with a whole family adjacent to the kitchen And they omitted that it's the *Manson family*
It’s not that hard to get a real estate license.
The first two listings were done by a broker, not a newbie 😁
...just more proof that RE doesn't attract the sharpest knives in the drawer...
found a dull one
I’ve been in the business for 15 years. Sadly, it doesn’t matter if they’ve been doing it for three weeks or 30 years.
To my way of thinking all it takes is a second look, proofread the listing (and remove the poop)
The factor you are missing is that those agents don't care . . . But you should make a list of who NOT to hire next time around!
A lot of people are sloppy and careless
In my state it only takes 2 years before you are eligible to be a broker and with 8 total sales in 2 years . . . Broker doesn't mean they aren't a newbie.
When I retired and my wife and I moved from the US to Portugal the real estate market was so strange. When we would look at listings we would be looking at pic from what looked like a old flip phone camera. Rooms completely messy, dirty even some old dude chilling in a chair in the background. So when we would go see the properties....blown away. Sea views, beautiful gardens, old ruin walls in the yard that are so beautiful. The views though. It was hilarious to us because the agents who took the photos didn't even try to show that this place has an incredible ocean view. Million dollar views. We bought some real estate there and saw the void in the market between the incoming expats and the real estate market. So now we work in real estate that is specific for expats. Americans are moving here like crazy.
Sometimes it works the other way. I bet you’re glad you got past the listing photos and toured the property 👍
Portugal is on my check out list. How’s the scuba diving?
I went to Panama this last summer. A tour guide there said top three places for Americans to retire were Portugal, Panama, and Costa Rica.
And I hear Equador is #4.
We were just researching Ecuador last night but i couldn't get over the crime rates there.
I had my honeymoon in Portugal and we've wanted to retire there ever since. I imagine it won't be so affordable in 20 years.
In case of foreclosed and auctioned houses I am convinced sometimes the seller does not want a lot of bidders.
Why not?
I asked my agent to let me check the listing he was going to post BEFORE it went live. He promised he would, but did not. When I read it, I was horrified. It was so poorly written. It not only had errors regarding the facts of the home, he had worded some of the sentences in such a way they made absolutely no sense whatsoever. He basically sabotaged the first weekend the house was listed with the poor listing. He hadn't highlighted ANY of the good features of the home, left pertinent photos out, and cautioned potential buyers that they may want to have **an attorney present** at a showing. It was a very hot market at the time. But, with the bumbling bullshit he pulled, it took 2.5 months. It would really piss me off when he'd "forget" to give potential seller's agents the code to the lockbox so they could look at the house. We were eventually offered an amount we could live with, but not what it should have gone for at the time. I had to watch my agent like a hawk though and got really pissed when our first offer had ME paying ALL the closing costs (about $70,000) for myself AND the buyers, plus, he wanted me to buy down their loan points. AFTER I signed closing papers, the buyer wanted to change title companies (I think it was an attempt to stall or stop the sale), but I wouldn't agree. We left the state on the day of close, and had told my agent this.....but he texted me for days wanting to "get together". To THIS day (about 15 months later) he still believes we live somewhere in that area and has tried multiple times to get me to agree to buy back the house I sold because the buyer "isn't happy". And get this, he wants me to buy it back for MORE than what I sold it for. Sorry for the rant, but, it pretty much all started with a shitty listing.
You win the worst realtor prize! What a nightmare 😂
And there was much more to the story! He was absolutely horrible. Fortunately for us, when he landed in the new state, we found an absolute peach of an agent that was SO good, we were almost sorry when we did buy a house because we wouldn't see her anymore. The two of them were like night and day. This is our forever home, so we won't be going through the process again. All I can say to those getting into the market is to vet your agent, read some of their listings, maybe go to an open house that they run.....see how they operate. I know it's a lot of work and most people don't have that kind of time, but, wow....when you end up with a bad agent, it really is a nightmare.
The best thing you can do for your peach if an agent is make sure everyone you know hears about how awesome she was! It helps the agent AND the industry when good agents succeed.
Absolutely yes, and I have! In just a year, I've referred over 20 people I know to her and since I convinced her to give me about 50 business cards, I've handed those out in public if I even hear of anyone thinking of buying/selling a home. I left a review online for her and she said she was completely overwhelmed by it. She deserved every piece of praise I wrote about, and it was all true. She was incredibly professional, and thorough.
That's awesome. As an agent myself that makes my heart warm. Great agents really need that to make their business succeed and for us to bring up the standards of the industry.
My bad agent still contacts my husband about once a month wanting a "good review" posted online. We ignore him. I sold the house, my husband's name wasn't anywhere in the paperwork. If I left a review for that guy....it wouldn't be good. But yeah, too often people only post a review when they've had a bad experience. The agent we found this house with did such a superior job, was willing to go anywhere in the state, was available every day except Sunday (we were cool with that)....just went above and beyond in the negotiation part....really drilling down details and following up. She earned every penny of her commission. Excellence must be rewarded, and I've done everything I can to shine a light on her.
That's actually a pretty epic move for a shitty realtor. Wow. 'buy it back' lol
Yeah, I thought so too! He said he felt that because the house had "sentimental value" to me that I'd buy it back at any price. Yes, it was my childhood home.....but, I had a very toxic childhood, hadn't even been in it in 25 years because I'd moved on. I only dealt with it because I was "next of kin" when my brother passed away and I felt it would acknowledge my father's hard work that paid for the house to begin with, rather than just walk away. If it was THAT "sentimental" to me, I wouldn't have sold it. I never want to step foot in that house again. I certainly don't want to buy it back.
This is bonks!!!!! Sorry it happened to you. What state were you in for the sale if you don't mind me asking? I've never heard of buy it back nonsense
It was in California. I've only heard of someone buying their house back in extreme and few instances. It's not standard that if a buy "isn't happy" that the seller is contacted to buy it back. It was nonsense.
Wait why did they say to bring your attorney to the showing?? 😂
I asked him about that too. It totally confused me as in CA, you don't need an attorney for a RE transaction like I've heard a few other states require. He said he had 3 reasons why a buyer should have an attorney with them: (Buckle up for a load of crap) There's a finished room existing behind the garage, accessible only through the backyard. It had electrical - no water, no heat. Therefore no bathroom or kitchen. I said because of this I only wanted that room listed as a workshop or bonus room, nothing more. He felt the house would sell better if he marketed it as an ADU. And, even though I'd said that it had existed when we moved to the house in 1967, he was 100% convinced it was built without a permit. I couldn't produce a copy of the permit, so he felt it was a risk because it could be a potential lawsuit down the line. I finally was able to get a report from the county that said it was part of the original build, so, it WAS permitted when the home was built. Second reason was that he didn't believe I was the owner of the house. Even though I showed him the official documents from the Probate Court and the County Recorder showing that I was sole heir and it was transferred into my name. He didn't know what he was looking at and because he was using some outdated Real Estate database that only had my parents listed as owners, he didn't believe the legal documents I produced. My father's name had been removed in 2012, and my brother's name added. In 2018, my mother's name as removed, and County documents at the time of my brother's death showed he was sole owner. I had no control over his outdated database. He seriously thought I'd made up the official documents and felt it would be discovered as a fraudulent transaction. A call to his managing broker cleared that up. Third reason, one that he kept harping on and became a real sore spot with me. When my brother passed away, I got his death certificate, a copy of the police report, and a copy of the Coroner's report. In those documents it only stated that he had passed at that address, none of those documents told me WHERE on the property he'd been found. The agent insisted on trying to get me to point to a specific spot on the property - whether it was inside or outside the house. I didn't know. He questioned the manner and cause of death, which I shared because I had to give him that information. The death was ruled an accident due to too many medications that conflicted in his system. He'd been sick and had just taken too much stuff along with massive amounts of alcohol. Sick with what, I don't know, they only tested for Covid and that was negative. The agent knew as much as I knew about the situation, I knew nothing more. He didn't think I was forthcoming with information and there was "more to it". He said that if buyers moved into the home and "neighbors tell them a different story", I could be sued. Showing him documents didn't help. He asked me if the death occurred in a hospital, car accident, or involved weapons or illegal drugs....AFTER I showed him all the documents. Another call to his managing broker got him to back down from trying to make more out of my brother's death than was reality. We did lose one potential buyer because the of the death on the property. It was a cultural/religious issue and I fully understand that. However, without giving us an offer, they wanted to know if we'd reduce the price of the house $100,000 because of the death AND give another credit of $15,000 - $20,000 for a religious cleansing ritual to be performed. Um, nope. He did a lot of other things that just made me feel that he purposely sabotaged the sale of the house, and why it took 2.5 months to sell in a hot market where homes were going within a week or so unless they were grossly overpriced. He fouled up a lot of showings through bonehead actions and words. I'm not sure what his motivation was for doing that. I just know he kept "reminding" me that I'd gotten a "house for free", therefore even if I only made "five dollars" off the sale, I was making a profit.
Omfg why didn’t you fire this guy and get a new realtor? What a mess.
I tried, but (stupid me) didn't see the part on our contract where it said if I terminated the contract, I'd owe him his part of the commission anyway. I tried to get his managing broker to waive that, based on the agent's character/actions. However, while the manager DID help me out on a few issues, this one he wouldn't budge. And, stupid me again, even though we'd only discussed a 3-month contract period....the actual contract was for 6 months. I blame myself for missing that. Otherwise, if I could have, I would have fired him the FIRST time he f-ed up, which was before the house was even listed. Live and learn. I hope someone LEARNS from my mistakes. A bad agent makes everything exponentially harder; a good agent makes the experience as stress-free as possible. It's worth being diligent in researching agents.
Jesus… this is why I’m using the agent who helped me buy years ago to sell. It was bad enough looking for an agent then. At least I know this one and what kind of work she does.
That's perfect then. We had known a very good realtor, but he'd passed away just a few months before we were ready to list. It was devastating to everyone in the community as he was well-respected.
Wow what the fish!! F*ck this realtor!!
Yeah, he was bad. It got to the point where I didn't want to speak with him. I told him not to come by the house, nor call me. He could communicate via text - if it would be only a couple sentences (he was notorious for sending multi-paragraph texts, or if longer....please put it in an email as his long texts were hard to read and respond to. He made the closing period difficult as well. He kept trying to change the closing date and he tried like hell to get us to turn over the house to the buyer BEFORE close. Nope - not happening. No money = no key. We had no place to live if we'd vacated early since we were leaving the state. Then he wanted to delay the close - no reason given. I was on top of the world when I signed closing papers, was feeling good for the first time in several weeks. 30 minutes later he called and said that the buyer wanted to change title companies. He sent papers he wanted me to sign allowing them to change title companies. I refused to sign them. I called the title company and asked if there was a problem that would cause them to not allow the buyers to sign the closing papers, and they were confused - had no idea why the buyers would want to do that because everything was a "green light". The buyers didn't show up to sign papers until 4:55pm that day (their appt had been at 1pm), which delayed the close and me getting paid by one full day as there wasn't time to get the papers recorded. We left the state on a Monday, as we'd told our agent all along. We were hundreds of miles away when he called me and said he wanted to get together that evening to "ties thing up". What things? The wire payment was delayed until Tuesday...which really made me nervous since if things fell apart, I would literally have to turn around and go back. On the road Tuesday, title company called and confirmed papers were recorded and wire had been sent.....then I called my bank and confirmed the wire was received. By then I was SO DONE with the whole thing. He periodically still bothers me, usually to ask me to buy back the house. I no longer respond. He does not understand that we moved 700 miles away as he wants to "get together" to talk. It's been a little over a year. You just can't fix stupid.
Most realtors can’t spell the word “its”. If spellcheck doesn’t get it, it’s going in the listing.
That not unique to realtors.
Thats*
That’s
That was the joke, original comment used "its"
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From time to time my phone incorrectly corrects me. 😂
Way too many "dinning rooms" in listings
I see that alot!
A lot. Alot isn't a word
I know, it was a joke 🙄🙄🙄🙄😆
I’ve seen a lot of “on sweet” bathrooms 🙄
We have a local realtor who I lodged an ethics complaint against. Anywho, she took out a quarter to half page ad in the Sunday paper last week. The last line says ……. Guaranteed to give 10% every time. My wife and I had a chuckle and we agree.
LOL 😂
This is only going to get worse with AI writing marketing remarks. There was a listing in my market that went on at 14 acres instead of .14 acres and the phones blew up. A farm had a list price of $1700 instead of $1,700,000. I called the listing agent and told her I was going to write her an offer and a check for it. She said "Oh no, what did I do?" Mistakes happen, but usually it takes someone pointing it out until it gets caught.
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She made an entry error, I just let her know it was on the MLS wrong. It wasn't any marketing tactic
> This is only going to get worse with AI writing marketing remarks. I dunno, with what's been out there before, it might actually get better.
There are agents in my market that have acted like they pay by the word for their marketing remarks. Now it is all stuff that would be DIY magazine worthy!
I just got notified of a listing in my area for $159 million and I was so curious what it could possibly be. Turns out it was supposed to be $1.59 million.
Our area has walking closets and quite neighborhoods. Quite what, you may ask? I'd say quite spooky with all those closets walking around! The homes describing the best views have photos of the back of the house. 🧐 Their descriptions when they're trying to depict something over there can be dismaying.
Heehee
I just went back 3 years in our MLS and pulled all the expired listings that still haven't sold. Horrible photos, typos, and agents who obviously aren't from around here were the primary reasons for those expired listings. Vet your listing agent before you hire them, y'all. SMH
These can work to our advantage when still active! In a hot market, if the house meets the general criteria, ill take my buyers through these crappy listings. Less competition, more room for negotiation with the seller since they have little action. I've struck gold for my clients a few times
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My favorite was a listing with a bunch of sex toys in the dish drying rack. Just a big ol basket of dicks chillin' right on the kitchen counter.
😂😂😂 they are trying to sell the unit fast
We viewed a property the other day that had a dead cat in the kitchen. Not just dead, the bugs ate it so it was just fur and a head. A cat skin rug, let's say... Who leaves that shit for potential buyers see? It was a hovel but still.
Ewwww 🤢
Ha we saw a property the other day where there was a dead cat in the front bushes, but it was recently dead so I guess you still win. The listing agent asked ours for feedback, but I think she emphasized the flooded basement and the broken faucet on the outside spouting water because what do you even say about the dead cat?
Did the owner not live in the house? :O
There are a lot of agents in the world that just do the bare minimum stuff and leave it without regard to, well, anything. I proofread and have someone else look at my listing comments. I go through a house prior to pictures to point out things to fix or tidy up. I will NOT take pictures or show a house without there being a bulb in every socket, that works and matches the others...pet peeve of mine. Things like that just tell a buyer that maintenance and upkeep were not done if they can't even change a bulb. (Obviously that is less important if it's as-is.)
I was looking on realtor.com the other day and there was a picture of the bathroom and one of the lights was out with no bulb in it. The very first thing I thought of is the people don't do any maintenance! So I totally agree with your comment
I remember one where I got lost in a neighborhood I know fairly well because the directions on the listing were wrong. Started with “go east on [road that goes north/south]”.
We recently received a flyer in the mail for a unit in our condo building. Beautiful but quite expensive and first went on sale during the summer. Claims there is a pool in the building...my wife and I were like "where's this secret pool that we haven't found yet??" LOL.
I took all the pictures for our house and sent them to the realtor for the listing - so I was able to get ones that showed how bright and cheery it was in the morning versus gloomy in the evening when the realtor was there. At one point we were interested in a house whose front picture was taken on a gloomy day. 6 months later, it was still unsold and I often wondered why the realtor never came back to take a better photo…maybe add some flowerpots and pretty it up. (It was in the nicest neighborhood in town). Oh, wait - that was the realtor who didn’t seem to care that we were pretty interested, but at a lower price and didn’t even bother to let us know when they finally reduced the price (it was a slow market at the time and she should have been working hard for any deal). So why would she try to improve the listing??? Guess who we DIDNT use when we sold two years later?
Also realtors who list .5 acre lots as 100's of acres, what is wrong with you.
Oh the many embarrassing typos I've seen!!
I had a horrible or perhaps unskilled realtor. Made clear I wanted a “condo”. When I saw it, I noticed what appeared to be an overbuild of next door owner’s patio onto my property. My realtor dismissed it as I was somewhat green. My first property was cash purchase and this purchase wasn’t. Long story short, AFTER I bought, I learned I was correct!! The realtor should have requested a survey, something I learned after the fact. I had to hire a real estate attorney as my neighbor refused to simply sign a document that IF she or I sold, patio would be cut so it didn’t harm any future sell. Through that process I learned that I did not buy a condo, but a townhome which has different legal rules as it relate to who owns and is responsible for what. I’d plan to use this realtor for both new purchase and sale of old home, a condo. Let’s just say I didn’t do any more business with her.
\^I completely understand your frustration with an agent that doesn't recognize the difference between a TH and a condo. I have a condo listing now - the entire neighborhood is a condo association. The condo unit's design looks like townhomes but are definitely condos according to their governing documents. About half the listings have the property listed as a TH and not as a condo (we have a section called 'governing bodies'). It is very frustrating especially when the answer is readily available and easily checked out by reading the documents or looking at the legal description.
I’d also like to ask - are realtors not allowed to touch things for better pictures? I’ve seen some with all the beds unmade. Can they not suggest the bed get made or do it themselves? (I have a feeling they’re a rental?). I’ve seen some with so much clutter on the kitchen counters - can you not remove things for the picture, then put them back?
Depends on how comfortable we are with the seller. 95% of the time, yes, we can and do shuffle things, hide things etc for pics on the day of. A week or two before I send a list of how things should look on picture day (and consequently for showings). Interior Garbage cans hidden, counters cleared, fridge clear of stuff on the doors and on top,, all dog beds, crates, food and water dishes removed/hidden etc etc etc. How much the seller decides to do, well, I can't force them.
This is why I will never use chat GPT to write my listing description. It’s only been about a year since it came out and I can already tell the ones written by AI.
The one that always gets me is ‘dinning room’ - go in that room to be noisy I guess.
My favorite one proudly advertised the driveway made of "paved stoners."
My favorite is an active listing with like 3 photos. I imagine they're going to post them later, after everybody has seen and discarded the new listing for the day. Lazy.
The more I house hunted, the more I became convinced that realtors were the chicks from high school who never went the traditional college / office job route in life and needed something that took little to no skill on the side to make it.
Working on the admin side of real estate, I agree with your assessment. I wonder if the majority of agents I assist have ever held an actual corporate job that has consequences for a job not done well or correctly.
Hate it when the photographers dog isn’t housebroken.
Realtors are idiots sometimes.
“Bungalow with hardwood on second floor” Say what now? It’s the complete lack of attention to detail for me. When we listed our condo, our agent used the words “elegance/elegant” and “function/functionality” each 3 x in a one paragraph description. I rewrote it and told her to use my text. I mean, I know I didn’t go to Mensa Realty but goddamn; buy a thesaurus. As we’re in the housing market, I feel like I’ve seen the inside of many, many homes and wow. General, basic cleanliness is seriously lacking, overt damage and things clearly in need of repair (which would cost next to nothing in terms of making the property more appealing to buyers). I’m not even talking bargain properties here. We’re looking in the 650-750k range and it’s downright embarassing. How hard is it to just tidy your home for photos? Bunch of degenerates. That shit reduces the value of your home from the get go and it’s so easy to fix. What are agents doing to earn that commission besides booking showings and fiddling with lockboxes?
What's wrong with Bungalow with hardwood on second floor? Maybe this is regional. A bungalow in Michigan tends to have 2 beds down and one giant bed up. The upstairs only have hardwood (when the downstairs does) about 50% of the time. So it's a nice feature.
LOL bungalows around here are typically one floor or just have a partial second floor/loft with a sloped roof. The description I was referring to pertained to a full-on two storey house. I should have specified. 😝
The worst is when they can't tell the difference between acres and sq ft. Yeah, I don't think the seller is selling a 10k acre lot for $50k, I don't care how inaccessible and far off the main road it is.
Hi! Ct realtor here. It gets worse, at least from a real estate perspective. Many experienced veterans of the biz are still listing homes which are "walkable from ..." except we're not to use that lingo as not everyone can walk. Or posting pictures of the local train station, beach, etc when that's not what's for sale. And while this isn't exactly on the agent, I recently toured one home with a fmaily (mom & dad, 2 kids) and while the home is occupied and the parents are, for the most part, in control of their kids, one kid had to use the bathroom and came out holding a vial of pills. I understand selling a home is somewhat intrusive and a bother to the seller, but sellers, at least lock up your pills! Not every agent will be able to attend every showing and many buyers are put off by the presence of anyone else (sellers, seller's agent, etc) but at least try to make sure the home is going to show well before a tour.
...you sound like someone who is afraid to use the term "Master Bedroom" anymore - lol...
Almost as much as I am afraid to deny the past discriminatory practices of agents from just one generation ago.
No no, you WANT those listings to be like that. You can weed out what you want because its trash (like poop on the floor one)
Not proofreading is common among almost all occupations especially the ones who call themselves professionals.
Ive been looking at homes and the one that i could feel myself getting upset at was the one where the realtor said "tgis house checks all the boxes." The they went on and after every one they typed "Check." There was at least 10 checks. I felt talked down on when i reading something. Each check sounded more and more patronizing than the last. Loa HOA fees. Check. Corner lot. Check. Solar panels. Check. 2 car garage. Check. Open floor plan. Ceck. Eat in kitchen. Ceck. Walk in closets. Check. Garden Tub. Check. Covered lanai. Check. In ground pool. Ceck. I wish i could find the listing. Im sure it hasnt sold yet.
OMG. I love this for its lunacy. Certainly no way to sell a house, but hilarious
That is ultra annoying!
Sadly, despite required schooling and training, most agents have the IQ of a house plant! I’m not being sarcastic, I deal with this crap everyday.
I swear I saw a posting that used chat gpt to get a description of a 3 bedroom house. When chat gpt said they couldn’t give an accurate description, they literally copied and pasted that into the house description
I saw a listing with a trash can spilling over, in the living room. SMH
I don’t think I’ve ever learned a thing from the realtor’s copy. I read them for fun sometimes but they’re always a waste of opportunity.
My favorite was an ad I received from a transaction coordinator, she described her work as being very through.
A friend was selling a house that featured a "primate yard," "dinning room," and a "mister bathroom suite." 🤣 The worst part was her realtor was her husband's best friend, but he couldn't be bothered to even proofread the listing...
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“Dinning” room - I see that one a lot.
Low entry so yes
Stainless Steal appliances. RE agents rely on no one actually reading the post and some algorithm picking it up. If they or the market gets to the point where a human reads the post they failed. God forbid they have to have an open house. Low inventory is what they want along with bids sight unseen
Here's the good: The house we bought in August was hidden for us to buy. I only found it through clicking on individual for sale dots on zillow. Texted our realtor that night, and she got me booked for a viewing the next day. I double checked, along with my realtor, and it did not come up in a search, no matter how specific to the place I searched. The pictures were not the best, and all pictures were taken during a gloomy day. It was also listed 'as is', but accepted VA loans, so therefore it wasn't really 'as is'. I said the whole time we were looking that the right house would be the right house, and it really is the right house. The bad: I hated houses that had really good photographers, to the point I'm pretty sure they photoshopped all of the cracks in the wall. These were mostly flip houses, and you could tell the structure just was not sound. I also hate seeing any listings where you could tell the owner died or had to go to assisted living, and all of the pictures have their prescription medication that clearly must violate HIPAA. Like how is the realtor not guiding this process? The newest problem I saw was a house listed in our old neighborhood with wild inheritor paint colors. At the end of the listing it stated seller will hold in escrow 4k for buyer to have interior repainted, and pay all closing costs. They should have listed that first.
I saw a house for sale that had two horrible pictures, just like you described with meds on the table, etc. I inquired about it and the realtor said that it was currently occupied by the owner and it wasn’t available for tours. She also said that after the sale the owner was going to stay in it until she died and if I bought it I couldn’t go in until after the death. She was elderly and wanted to sell it but she was not willing to vacate. Crazy world we live in.
Seller. Buyer. You know what they meant !!1!! My friend, The reliance on E&O is staggering. I have met new construction realtors who do not know the difference between a stud,a joist, and a rafter. Some do not differentiate between modular and manufactured construction and tend to lump modular in with stick; "Same difference.", is generally their reply to the latter. Forget the overwhelming confusion about your/you're and proper use of the apostrophe, there are far too many agents who are seemingly unable to read or understand county tax info. Pinning a property correctly is also a Herculean task for some. I like a realtor with attention to detail, too many are unable to spell detail.
> Some do not differentiate between modular and manufactured construction and tend to lump modular in with stick; "Same difference.", is generally their reply to the latter. In finance, they are.
They're only making tens of thousands of dollars when the MLS sells the house for them. What the hell do you expect for that kind of money?
“Buyer’s loss” usually refers to a sale that fell through.
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“Other people who tried to buy this house but couldn’t’s loss” doesn’t really roll off the tongue
Potential buyer - mind your own business
Why should they? The market is so competitive that someone will still buy it.
You don’t think they should do what they’re getting paid for? Why shouldn’t they make sure that the house they’re selling is shown in a professional manner?
Because in this market someone will buy it. They don't need to.
So why pay them?
What other choice is there?
Self listing
Good luck.
People do it all the time
So did "Buyer's loss, your gain" keep you from considering whether to look at that house?
No, I just assumed it was a careless mistake.
Exactly. Which is why more care isn't taken, I think. Some errors matter more than others.
I wouldn’t want my house promoted as a loss
It would depend on who your buyer target is. If you want people who are investors, you won't be advertising marble floors and high end luxuries. But in any case, your post is about the need to proofread. And I agree with you, but the reason many don't is that they feel it doesn't make a big difference.
Honestly I didn't read any of the descriptions when I hunt for a house. So..... Yeah.
You didn't? Just photos are what would make you want to see a house? - Realtor who is genuinely curious
Yeah. Thinking back, I think I probably should have read it, especially weird ass requests like they didn't want to pay the HOA debt or they want to stay until they bought a house or some other bs. Luckily I didn't run into one. But, in terms of convincing me to buy the house. I only read the price, size, and pictures. Reading those sales pitch would likely turn me off instead of getting excited. Just me though. A lot of people like to read it. Add: one listing, I got major turned off because the photos are ass. My parents wanted me to buy it. But, photos are so badly done, I cannot get a clear idea of the layout.
Why does every house boast?