Comments on: Don’t Trust What You See or Read on the MLS!

By: Boston Apartments

Boston Apartments — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 23:13:46 +0000

So true, I have run into the same issues on mls of brokers making mistakes or deliberately making their listing look better to attract customers. I always make sure to talk to brokers in detail before making an appointment for a showing so as not to waste my time.

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By: katherine

katherine — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:56:00 +0000

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minnesota classified ads — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 03:55:55 +0000

I think that REO agents should examine their properties first before dealing with them,otherwise it would be a misrepresentation.

By: Investment Property

Investment Property — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 03:17:15 +0000

Chris-
Great comment. LOL.

I think the REO agents really don’t see their properties. Since they are only making about $400 on each one, I seriously believe they pay some $8/hour guy to drive out, change the locks, put a sign in the window and call it a day.

By: Investment Property

Investment Property — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 03:15:57 +0000

John-
It is not really misrepresentation in a fraud sense. Plus at the bottom of every single MLS page it will say “Information deemed reliable but not guaranteed”.

I think most are just inept. I saw one listing today for a duplex that listed in the “Units Like This” box (which means how many units are identical to these specs) had the number 8. He meant that there were 2 units with 4 bedrooms each. He put 8 in this box! Tell me that doesn’t throw your cash flow calculations off if you are relying on the MLS numbers!

By: Chris Lengquist

Chris Lengquist — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 03:10:56 +0000

It should have said…”Home recently bombed out? Relocating from a civil war torn nation? Then you will find this home to be move-in ready!”

Seriously, though. It’s amazing how many agents don’t know the difference between north and south, east and west and that you can only go one way on a one-way street. Have they ever visited their listing?

By: John Gall

John Gall — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 15:23:19 +0000

Doesn’t the RMLS have some sort of standard and method of reporting misrepresentation? When looking for my first property we found many listings that i’ll say at best were “optimistic” about the spread between what was stated and what was true about a listing. I would think that realtors would respect each others time more than drawing them to listings based on false pretenses. My own realtor said that it was just part of the job to get people in.