A few weeks ago I wrote about a few listings/listing photos that should make any seller curious about seeing a copy of their own listing -- and not just take their agent's word for it that the listing will accomplish their mutual goal of selling the house (click on the "Real Estate" category to the right and it should pop up).
This morning, I came across a listing that stood out as I had seen it before many years ago. It appears that the owner has put the property back on the market with several different brokers within the past few months. While I expected to see that the listing photos had changed (they had -- although one of the agents used a very inexpensive wide angle lens with which to take the photos, resulting in a "fish-eye" effect, with very curved walls -- like living in a submarine!).
What I didn't expect to see was that the last agent had simply cut/pasted the listing description from a prior listing agent! They couldn't even be bothered to draft a new description of the property! My first thought was that perhaps they worked for the same office/broker and simply transferred the listing from one agent to another (maybe one left the business, or the broker, but the listing remained with the brokerage, for example). Not so -- different offices, different companies, and different brokers. Here's a copy of the pertinent parts of the listing:
This morning, I came across a listing that stood out as I had seen it before many years ago. It appears that the owner has put the property back on the market with several different brokers within the past few months. While I expected to see that the listing photos had changed (they had -- although one of the agents used a very inexpensive wide angle lens with which to take the photos, resulting in a "fish-eye" effect, with very curved walls -- like living in a submarine!).
What I didn't expect to see was that the last agent had simply cut/pasted the listing description from a prior listing agent! They couldn't even be bothered to draft a new description of the property! My first thought was that perhaps they worked for the same office/broker and simply transferred the listing from one agent to another (maybe one left the business, or the broker, but the listing remained with the brokerage, for example). Not so -- different offices, different companies, and different brokers. Here's a copy of the pertinent parts of the listing:
And here's the 2nd listing:
And here's an example of a listing photo taken with an inexpensive (cheap!) wide-angle lens - note the curved door frame!:
 Again, seller beware!  Oops! Thumb over the lens! |  A recent condo listing photo -- not very appealing!  Here's a new one - car window and mirror clearly visible in the photo - couldn't even take the time to get out of the car! Click to enlarge. |
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