Some houses you just don't see until they expire. That's how low they fly under the radar.
366 days after being listed, a local condo expired off the market. Whoa! I never even knew it was for sale!
Regardless of the fact that our MLS does NOT allow text in listing photos, and has rules that the photos must be photos of the property (with exceptions for renderings of new construction), some agents still slip in a "Too new for photo" placeholder until they can get their pictures up. So this sad sack of a property? After one year, this was all that was on the MLS.
The listing itself was just about as non-existent:
- Public comments: 10 words.
- Price adjustments in 1 year: 0
- Pictures: 0
Oh -- and it's a short sale.
Now I'm sure there's a back story that I know nothing about. Perhaps the homeowner was less than cooperative.
But here's the bottom line. The agent's name and office will forever be linked to this dog of a listing. Is that how you want the home buying and selling public to see you? Is this going to make other buyers and sellers want to use your service?
And if this homeowner really wanted to sell his home? We'll just call that a complete and utter failure.
Real estate professionals have a duty to both clients and customers. This one looks more like doody to me . . .
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