Maybe report these occurances to the Board of Realtors and the MLS. This kind of thing tarnishes the image of professionalism.

I often see duplexes or end units listed this way. It is annoying. It's also annoying when they take a picture of the home at an angle, making it look like a single family home

Randy, Maybe an ''honest'' mistake. How about a call to the agent? 

I just can not see what purpose  this serves?

I get tired of the same thing Randy.  I email a lot of agents corrections in geo code, building type/style etc. I'd had more argue their point than thank me for take time out of MY day to do THEIR job correctly.  Three cheers for a Florida real estate license course costing $369.  Yeah!

Funny you said that Randy, I was putting in a condo listing late last night and after going through most of the data..I noticed I put it in single family..I had to delete it and start over. I was very tired but still caught it. I hate when agents list that way. I would have figured that one out fast..but hey.we all make mistakes.

True..agents who have listings should recheck them to make sure they did not miss something and it is annoying.

I'm seeing a lot of "Townhouses" listed as Single Family Attached... and it is the only option in some cases for the lender...

I agree with the frustration and would hope the local MLS would enforce this rule with an escalating fine schedule per agent / office. Here on our local MLS this same issues has recently become a problem and fines have started to be handed out to the agents and their brokers.

Randy...

Is there a reason you have not contacted the Broker? Or is the Broker the one entering the listings?

Having sat as a Director on our local MLS Board ...It has been my experience that sometimes the person entering the listing is an untrained assistant.

I try not to assume anything until I have all the facts. SVW.

TLW...ROAR!

Randy~

When I run into errors such as you describe, I am perplexed as well. ...especially if I have an investor-client looking for a 1031 exchange who has only 45 days to find a condo!...We have a "police listing" feature on our MLS...When I run into situations that call for it, I can use that feature. The agent who is getting "policed" will get a phone call...Maybe request your MLS to add this feature...

I was sending a client listings for Mililani single family and yup...what do you know .....a townhouse! Hey Randy...janeAnne has a point there.....you got connections down there!

Bill - I and several of the agents in my office have reported them.

KRISTINE - I have seen the creative pictures.  The worst is the junk building where the only picture they showed was the beach about 8 blocks away.

Mott - I agree, I see absolutely no benefit to anyone.

Margaret - I do that in most cases.  They are a couple of agents who told me to mind my own business.  One of the agents who does this consistently told, me to mind my own business.  He said it is up to him to decide how to market his listings.  I was surprised to see him doing it again, since I know there have been many complaints sent in to the Board of Realtors about this practice.

Chris - I was hoping our increased fines would stop this practice, but it doesn't seem to have worked on a couple of hard case agents.

Neal - It is easy to make mistakes.  The ones I am mentioning are not mistakes they are done intentionally.

David - I have not heard that before.

Paul - I am a little surprised to see a couple of agents continue this practice.  I know there have been several complaints sent to the Board including from me and our fines have gone up a bunch.  The only thing I can figure is that they have not been getting fined after we complain.

TLW - You hit a great point.   The two who do it the most in my community are both Principal Brokers.  Both have told me to mind my own business when I contacted them in the past.

janeAnne - I have read about that feature in other MLS Systems.  In meetings with our Board of Realtors, I brought up that suggestion.  I like it!

Sally - I think that would be a welcome feature on our system.  It would help ensure the integrity of the list and the data it generates.

Randy, I can see the negatives when they do this, but is there any advantage for them to list a townhouse as a single family?

George - I personally do not see an advantage.  The argument from one of those agents is that they feel they are marketing to single family home buyers who are being priced out.  I do not agree with them.