Your Real Estate Insider: Whats your MLS pet peeve

OK, this is probably just me, but I think EVERYTHING...ALL THE INFORMATION you need to write an offer should be in the MLS information.  You should be able to take a MLS sheet and write a complete offer.  Our local MLS  leaves a lot to be deisred.

My MLS pet peeve is only due to our great MLS.  We (agents) receive anemail confirmation on all showings.  Agents who don't offer the courtesy of letting another agent know that the property they are about to show is under contract really burns me!

Hmmmm I have to think about that one....One that comes to mind is when the info is readily available, and the listing agent omits it, like year built!

Or how about when they list 2 bathrooms, and one is a "gas station" quality bathroom in the basement....buyers are always disappointed!

Mine are homes, even foreclosures, with one or less photos.  If they would post the photos, good or bad, I wouldn't have to call and ask about the condition of the home so I could decide if it's worth looking at.   One agent here has several non foreclosure listings and his descriptions sound heavenly.  Yet, there's only one photos.  NEXT!

not listing the HOA fees ... it is very important.. oh and the recently .. repainted .. recently is not last year

One of mine is that the subdivisions are not a drop down menu (like here in AR and many other places), so when I try to do a search using a subdivision - not many houses show up, because agents can write anything they want on that field, or use what is autopopulated from county records, which is most of the time different than the actual "common" subdivision name. ~Rita

When the MLS lists that there are 4 bedrooms and a study.  When you get to the house there are only 4 bedrooms.  So you call the agent to ask where the study is and they say that one of the bedrooms could be used as a study.  This happens more often than you would think.

My pet peeve is those agents that don't understand/follow board rules to allow access. Our board rules are that if the listing says LOCKBOX, it must be a SUPRA. Nada acceptance. There are homes with combos listed as lockbox. Of course the listing does not provide the combo in confidential remarks.

I think two of my biggest pet peeves are when a listing agent does not add any pictures and when the listing agent will not place a lock box on the house.  I feel this is an unjust service to the sellers

Kathy Potter 573-774-8395 kathyp@c21prestige.com

http://www.ftleonardwoodrealestate.com

When there is a need for a gate code and it is not in the MLS.

NO photos on the sheet and incomplete information!

No pictures, no room sizes, and no directions upset me.

Agents who put in the minimum mandatory information with no comments just to get the listing into the MLS.

Ok all of your ideas bug me too! But since Kenna mentioned it, I would love to have the drop down box for subdivisions. The subdvision names around here have been submitted so many different ways you have to do ten searches just to find one development! Thanks for all your comments

My pet peeve is trying to find the lockbox.   I have a lot of condos in my area that are huge complexes.  The comments will say lockbox on stair railing and there could be three staircases.  So I am running around trying to figure out which staircase!

No room sizes, for sure.  It drives me nuts when I see that agents haven't taken the time to even estimate the size of rooms.

WoW this topic has really brought out the responses. I am glad that i am not the only one that these things bother

I love it when I meet someone (interviewing me to list their prtrepoy) and they ask me what websites we use to advertise. I tell them, Every website that you can search for Realtor listings. Then; I ask them to randomly name another real estate company. With that in mine, we go onto the (our competitors') website and low and behold we find Better Buy's listing right on their website. They can't believe it! That's the power of the MLS we all have each others listings! We are all equal no matter how big of an office, how many agents employed or what you pay in commission to list your home you get exactly the same MLS coverage! I can't express this enough; Why pay more for the same thing?

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