T.M.I.
I don’t why I’m still surprised by the things people do, but I am. For example, it seems when some people see a for sale sign out front of a home, all normal rules of decorum go out the window.
People will knock on the front door at all hours of the day, without an appointment, asking to see the home. I can tell you from experience, if a buyer is serious they will be willing to set up an appointment.
People will peak in the windows, and walk through the yard. A for sale sign is not an open invitation, in most cases a family still lives in the home. Selling a home is a stressful time for any family, and seeing random strangers walking around their yard doesn’t make it any easier. Rant done.
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Sara MacLennan is the Director of Marketing at Liv Real Estate and a licensed Real Estate Associate. The bulk of Sara’s experience and wealth of expertise lies in on-line technology and marketing both for agents and consumers. Sara is the former National Director for Interactive Marketing for Coldwell Banker Canada where she was responsible for an extensive training program traveling to offices across the country training agents and brokers on marketing and technology. Find Sara on Twitter @edmontonblogger.
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People shouldn’t be so rude. Looking at the exterior from the sidewalk is one thing, but peering in windows is another.
On the flipside I find it frustrating when I see a for sale sign but can’t find any info. I try using my mobile phone to find the house which is difficult with the fancy mls and comfree websites. There should be better mobile versions of these sites.
Also the last place I lived most people with forsale signs would have a little box on the sign and inside there was a one page information with the house details, price, pictures of the interior/backyard and contact information for the realtor. That way you don’t bother contacting the realtor if it’s out of your price range/not what you’re interested in.
I find that a great many realtors will plunk a sign in front of the house, but will conveniently “forget” to put the info into the mls for days and days.
I believe this is done on purpose so the potential buyer is forced to call the realtor on the sign, thus potentially allowing the realtor to be agent for both buyer and seller.
Why else would they wait days and days to put the info on the mls?
One time a realtor did this and I got my realtor to phone her for me. He phoned again and again but she would never answer.
Eventually, after several days, I decided to phone myself from my phone, and lo and behold she answered right away.
A clear example of the above strategy.
While I do agree that some agents (i saw significant proof of this yesterday) desire to be the agent for both parties. the strategy of delaying information might not be a strategy but more of a product of how they are set up or not set up. For example we don’t want it to go online till everything is there and its ready to go on the 30 plus websites we market and feature our properties on.
There should definitely be better mobile sites available for the amount of people with capable smartphones. The information needs to be readily available and easy to get to.
http://www.edmontonrealestate.pro will be mobile shortly. It would be already if we also weren’t in the middle of a rebranding exercise.
then go to http://www.edmontonrealestate.pro we have set that site up and obessed over the details. We provide as much information as the powers that be will allow us and the mobile version will be up and running shortly. You can even search by mls number and the map functions are awesome, save favorites and you never have to leave the site to view the property on birds eye view or street view.
Once when we were trying to sell our home the realtor held an open house. When we returned, we saw some of our neighbors leaving our house. We went in and the realtor said “the last people must have been really interested! They went through every single closet, cupboard, nook and cranny!”
Sara and Sheldon put more effort in than most realtors in seems.
I have had a listing mapped incorrectly (by about 10 km), realtor didn’t even check to make sure it was right! There are at least a few like that on the MLS website right now in Edmonton. Many, many people shop using the map feature.
The amount of time it takes to change or post a listing on MLS should be embarrassing to all realtors in the information age.
Good for you guys doing something about this of your own accord.