Neighborhood watchers want to know why are you taking pictures of our street?

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Real Estate Agent with Montana Homestead Brokers, Broker, CRS, GRI, SFR, RN

Last week I got a call from some of my past clients (now friends) wanting to know why someone would be taking a picture of their street.  They thought that maybe it was a Real Estate Agent visiting a home across the street from them, but why would they want a picture of our house?  Is this customary? Or should we call the sheriff?  I had to think for a minute what might of happened, and I had a couple of ideas.  Maybe the agent was working for an out of town client and the client wanted to see what the rest of the street looked like? 

Now I started thinking over the next couple of days wondering what else could be happening and I had a couple other revelations:  Google Maps?  The street that this client lives on does not have a street view picture yet, maybe one is coming soon?  Tax records?  I noticed that in Spokane, the county assessor shows a front view of the home with the tax code.  We haven't done that here, maybe we will in the near future. 

Let me know if you have other ideas.  People out in the country are just not sure they want their house picture online, even though most of them spotted their home online first, with a picture.  Kind of an odd situation I think.

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Comments (3)

AJ Heidmann ~ CRS
McEnearney Associates, Inc. - Alexandria, VA
YOUR Alexandria & Arlington, VA Real Estate Expert

If your friends/clients purchased their home recently, normally within the past 6 months, an agent may be using it as a comparable in a BPO.

 

Nov 30, 2008 02:17 PM
Kris Wales
Keller Williams Realty - Lakeside Market Center - Macomb, MI
Real Estate Blog & Homes for Sale search site, Macomb County MI

It was probably an appraisor working on comparable sales for another home. 

Nov 30, 2008 09:14 PM
Wanda Thomas
Montana Homestead Brokers, Broker, CRS, GRI, SFR, RN - Billings, MT
Billings Montana Real Estate

Thanks AJ & Jodee and Kris:  I had not considered those possibilities since the last sale on that street was 3 years ago and the one for sale did not have an offer yet.  But maybe someone was working on a BPO for a refi?

Dec 01, 2008 02:17 AM

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