I know that many real estate agents will not really appreciate this, but it has to be mentioned as it impacts all of our business. I am talking about the incorrect information on MLS, and the listing agent does not update the status or correct the problems. The list is enourmous. Wrong zip code vs. area, wrong status, wrong phone numbers, wrong email addresses, etc.
Why is this an issue? Because any agent who knows how to "use" the mls system, needs to be able to use the right search criteria to retrieve the right listings for his/her clients. So you can understand that if the data put in the system is incorrect, the search will not deliver the correct listings. In information technology it is called: garbage in garbage out.
For me that is an incredible waste of time, as now I have to "find" listings manually. Something can take me literally one hour for a job that could be done in minutes if and only if the listing agents would put in the correct data in the first place.
It has become more and more of a problem particularly with REO agents, who apparently have no time to update the mls listing with the correct status information. I wish more agent would complain about it to their board, and have something done about it.
Kind regards
Antoine
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