Wading Through The Weeds - Telling the Truth in the MLS

I have been in heavy showing mode the past couple of weeks.  I have several buyer clients who have very specific requirements for a home and wading through the MLS is starting to get tiring.

I have been though my share of 4 bedroom homes that are really 3 bedrooms and an office.  I promise Ms. Listing Agent, I looked twice, there is no closet in that room and it has french doors. . . I'm quite positive its an office, regardless of how you would like to load it into the MLS. An appraiser is not going to fall for your trick!

There are the "hardwood floors" that are actually laminate. . . or the "granite counter tops" that are really Corian. . .

There are those listed as "bank owned short sales". . . Confusing, I know.  Which is it?  Because those are two really different scenarios and I'd like to know what we are dealing with.

But today. . . today, was a winner.  I was touring home with clients who really want an in-ground pool.  We were in Homer Glen IL and there was a listing in a neighborhood they really like.  Right there in the MLS was the tag "in-ground pool."  Exciting. . . target area, feature they want. . .

Care to take a swim?

Seriously. . . even in its heyday it wasn't in-ground. . . and to me it seems to be a bit more of a planter than a pool.

So, I'm continuing to wade through the MLS  listings to find the perfect home for my buyer clients. . . More truth in the MLS would really help!

Realty Executives Success
700 W. Jefferson St.
Shorewood, IL 60404

As a Realtor with Realty Executives Success, I work with home buyers and sellers in Joliet, Plainfield, Shorewood, Crest Hill, Romeoville, Bolingbrook, Lockport, New Lenox, Channahon, Minooka and throughout Will and Grundy counties in Illinois.