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83 Comments on Rule #6 (of Elizabeth's R.E. Rule Book) *** When you add photos to your NEW listing in the MLS…PLEASE make sure that they were taken WITHIN THE LAST DECADE! ***
Great Job handling this one. Funny, but oh so true.
I'm surprised that the agent felt it was OK to use those photos, and that the broker apparently did nothing about it. Defintely not a good situation for you and your buyer, but at least you found the humor in it!
Elizabeth, now we all know that "PUFFING" is quite legal in our industry. (giggle) So, how many days on market were there? LOL,LOL.
Don't you love SURPRISES? Okay, maybe not like this one. You're a hoot. I would hire you.
Later in the rain~Deb
PEEPEE points awarded for this one girlie. I LOVE your new picture. Seems so much more personal. Thanks for praying for us. And I just loved this post. It was a LONG day. Now i'll go to sleep with happy thoughts cause, girl you make me laugh...and laugh.
That was definitely a knee slapper their Elizabeth. Thanks for the laugh. ~ Newbie
Someone from my first office did that to me! I was green as grass. I asked about going out to take pictures of the house...and was told the "photographer" would do this for me. Nopers - he pasted a 10 year old picture from the MLS because he was too busy. DISASTER!!! Lesson learned - TAKE YOUR OWN PICS and do a good job.
Ok Eliz, Comment #70 -- and to add to the phone message "wow, check the address on your listing number 2816xxxx, seems like the wrong house is there without toilets, floors, have a blessed day now!". Good Lord you are hilarious. You always have one very memorable experience to talk about with this client for the rest of your lives
List and Sell (and do the photos right) Gary @ RentonHomeFinder
My goodness, this is hard to believe. What would motivate an agent to do that?
Oh my dear I am laughing too hard to speak. You definitely beat the snow pic I had the other day. Have a great Thursday. BTW love your new picture.
HAHAHA.. Now that is hilarious !! And you are so right pictures are so important in MLS. A bad picture can stop a showing at the drop of a dime. Also another thing is NO picture at all !! There are agents that are to lazy to step out and take a picture, I usually dont even show the house if it has no picture. For the same reason you made this hilarious post.
Tim
This screams ethical violation to me and must really leave a bad taste in your mouth for ever doing business with this agent again. Ditto what a previous poster noted, "No wonder people hate/distrust us".
I absolutely love this post! As serious as this is, I cannot help laughing at the same time! This is laziness at it's zenith!
PS I like your new picture, it's important to stay up to date, aeveral people have told me recently that they were surprised that I actually "looked like my picture"...
Elizabeth, Cute post on AR. You made me smile, right in the middle of the debate. Bill
It's amazing what some listing agents will do to get you to the listing. I have never had it that bad, but many times there are no pictures on our listings, so you never know what your are going to see.
By the way, I noticed you updated your picture.
LOL @ James (second commentor), I have to agree. I walked into an open house the other day and when I walked in, the agent didn't appear to be the listing agent who's picture was on the sign. I said, "Is Mrs. Agent here?" She said, "Who are you looking for?" I said, "The one on the picture out front...she said, "That's me?" GULP!!! I could have died...Maybe 20 years ago honey...Amazing.
I love the way you write, Elizabeth. Thanks for the chuckle. Also, I love your new pic, too. Had to do a double-take to make sure I was on the right page. FYI, I updated my pic a few weeks ago. Time marches on. Oh, well. Great post. I also enjoyed the one on Southern Slang, from one southern gal to another.:)
Not only do ancient photos upset me...but the crooked ones. I think we need to train Realtors in the basics of photo editing. It takes thiry seconds to straighten a picture.
Oh my goodness...I can't keep up with ALL the great comments. Thank you all so very much for reading and commenting! I truly appreciate all the wonderful feedback. Isn't it great when we can laugh together?? GBU, YOU ALL!!!
Now THAT was funny. Your message sounds like something I would say -- in the driest of tones.
"Liars Lane"....LOVE it!
What is wrong with Realtors? Is a camera such a hard device to use?? I think that should be a requirement to get your license. lol