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These MLS photos are JUST WRONG! I think my head is going to EXPLODE!

Reblogger Evelyn Johnston
Real Estate Broker/Owner with Friends & Neighbors Real Estate RB14036506

This Real Estate Agent has a sign on their standards that says, "Please Fire Me", or "I am Incompetent."  If I was this home owner I would be expecting some very low offers.

Original content by Janna Scharf AB37665

I was minding my own business doing an MLS search of high end homes for a prospective luxury buyer client.  There are some nice homes on the market, and in the million dollar plus range there is high inventory and some great deals to be had in the Coeur d'Alene area real estate market. 

The luxury home niche happens to be my speciality.  I love those big, beautiful homes and estates.  LOVE to market them, promote them and strategize with their sellers on the profile of the most likely buyer, and how to go about reeling him in.  My associates laugh at me, say they would much rather have 5 homes priced at $200K than one home priced at a million, because their five homes will sell before my one.  Well, yes, they do have a point. But I just laugh back and tell them that I can't help myself. 

I was clicking on the details of one local home for sale, priced at $2,700,000.  A very nice home indeed.  I clicked on the photos and as I scrolled through I ALMOST FELL OUT OF MY CHAIR!  The photos are so WRONG!  How can an agent who is savvy enough to land such a listing be so dumb about what constitutes an acceptable marketing photo?  And how can a seller, sharp enough to own a $2,700,000 house, not be aware of how incompetent his agent is and how bad his marketing photos are.  HELLO?????????  These photos would be unacceptable no matter the price of the home, but for a multi-million dollar listing it is OUTRAGEOUS!

It just makes no sense.  I know from working with affluent sellers that they really hold one's feet to the fire to perform.  They are used to running companies, hiring and firing employees and holding people in their employ accountable for a high level of performance.  I just don't understand how it is possible that this home is on the market being presented to the public this way. 

Yes, that is a guy sitting in the chair....

 

 

Look honey, room to throw lots of junk around.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Would it really have been too much trouble to flip on the lights and move that pile of papers out of the picture?????

 

 

 

And the icing on the cake is this one.  The one that really, truely, makes my head feel like it is going to explode!  Can somebody PLEASE PUT THE TOILET SEAT DOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Janna Scharf Sells Real Estate in Coeur d'alene IdahoJanna Rankin Scharf  provides a superior level of real estate services to home buyers and sellers in Coeur d'Alene and Kootenai County, Idaho. Visit www.JannaScharf.com to search for homes in the Coeur d'Alene MLS for anywhere in spectacular North Idaho.

No matter how grand or modest your real estate dreams may be, you can turn to me in confidence.  Give me a call today and let me know what I can do to be of service to you!

Janna Rankin Scharf AB, GRI, CSP, CNS, CLHMS  208.651.9700

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Mike Jones
SUNSTREET MORTGAGE, LLC (BK-0907366, NMLS 145171) - Tucson, AZ
Mike Jones NMLS 223495

Janna,

The human condition is amazing, and here are the photos to prove it.  Please tell me this was a brand new agent...

Mike in Tucson

Oct 08, 2011 04:35 PM
Christine Farkas
Keller Williams Western Realty - Bellingham, WA
Awesome Customer Service Experience

I feel you. Wondering how long will this property be sold. 

Oct 08, 2011 04:42 PM
Evelyn Johnston
Friends & Neighbors Real Estate - Elkhart, IN
The People You Know, Like and Trust!

Mike, It certainly looks like a brand new agent, doesn't it?

Oct 08, 2011 04:45 PM
Evelyn Johnston
Friends & Neighbors Real Estate - Elkhart, IN
The People You Know, Like and Trust!

Chris, the sad thing is it probably won't be sold!

Oct 08, 2011 04:45 PM
Fred Griffin Florida Real Estate
Fred Griffin Real Estate - Tallahassee, FL
Licensed Florida Real Estate Broker

The obligatory "Toilet Seat Up" photo.

Several  "Lis Pendens" photo  * hint hint hint *

And a photo demonstrating, "How to be a Couch Potato in a Multi-Million Dollar House"

    Yikes!

Oct 08, 2011 05:04 PM
Wallace S. Gibson, CPM
Gibson Management Group, Ltd. - Charlottesville, VA
LandlordWhisperer

I used to be embarrassed when I had to "straighten" up owners' homes before taking photos and NOW I schedule when they are away for a few hours and do the straightening up myself

Oct 08, 2011 05:41 PM
Evelyn Johnston
Friends & Neighbors Real Estate - Elkhart, IN
The People You Know, Like and Trust!

Fred, you are absolutely right.  I hadn't thought about possible law suits, but I think they may have a case against their REALTOR(r)!

Oct 08, 2011 06:01 PM
Evelyn Johnston
Friends & Neighbors Real Estate - Elkhart, IN
The People You Know, Like and Trust!

Wallace, sometimes you have to do what you have to do just to get the job done.  This young man in the photo didn't appear to even care what the home looked like or that he was in iot!

Oct 08, 2011 06:02 PM
Karen Hawkins, MBA - Langley & Surrey, BC
Royal Pro Real Estate Network - Langley, BC

My gosh, Evelyn - great re-blog - and even tho we cringe, it's a good reminder to check our own pic's before representing them on MLS!

Oct 09, 2011 10:53 AM
Evelyn Johnston
Friends & Neighbors Real Estate - Elkhart, IN
The People You Know, Like and Trust!

Can you believe it?  I mean a trashed out REO is different from a luxury home...

Oct 09, 2011 11:11 AM