Is Your Real Estate Agent Doing The Best Job Possible?

As a Realtor I spend a lot of time on the MLS (Multiple Listing Service) system looking for homes, rentals and commercial buildings for my clients. One of the things that always bugs me when I am looking at properties is the lack of effort some agents put into their listings. If you have a home, rental or other item marketed through an agent and you keep asking your self I wonder why I haven't gotten an offer yet, make sure you ask for a copy of your MLS listing once it is created because some agents nowadays are getting lazy when marketing your home.

Here is my top 5 list of MLS no no's!

1. No Picture of the House - This is a huge turn off for most Agents as well as perspective buyer it either means the house is terrible or I don't really want to sell

2. Listing with only 1 photo - Now I understand that from time to time there is a reason for having only one photo in MLS however it seems that there are a lot of listings have only one photo, the purpose of putting up photos is to give other agents and buyers and ideal of the condition of the house.

3. Lots of photos but of poor quality - Some agents do a good job of uploading lots of photos, but don't take the time to review what they have taken and end up uploading pictures that are too dark to see anything, or blurry. This is just as bad a not taking any photos since you still don't get a sense of the property.

4. No Description - This is another huge turn off for buyers and it takes only a few minutes for a good agent to write a description of the property.

5. Contradicting information - Some agents will put in contradicting information, for example saying there is a Realtor lockbox when there is actually a mechanical lockbox or saying the house is vacant when in fact there are people living in it. This frustrates agents more than home buyers but since those looking need an agent you don't want to make the agent mad.


If you  take one thing away from this post it is this... Pictures Sell Properties. Making sure your agent takes good pictures and puts as much information as possible into MLS. Ask your agent to show you the MLS listing or even better yet ask your agent to print your MLS listing and 2 comparable properties MLS listings and read them and compare them as if you were going to decide which of the three you would want to go see first as a buyer. If an agent is not willing to do this then I suggest you find another Agent as this is a very basic request to make.

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