What's The Cure For Sloppy Listings? Poor Spelling, All Caps, And Bad Grammar Top List of Faux Pas
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An anonymous reader sent us this message this week, which started a discussion between me and Candy:
Dear Candy,
I have a real pet peeve with some home listings I’ve seen recently. If a client is paying a realtor to list their home, the LEAST the realtor can do is a professional listing. When I see things like this I think that either the realtor can’t be bothered with the property or is not very bright. Either way it’s sloppy and to me reflects poorly on the agent and the property.
I am not a realtor — just someone who is always looking at properties but I would never hire an agent where a listing like this is acceptable to them.
Example of the sloppy listing:
One of the largest units in thecomples on the first floor! Spacious and open floorplan. Two living areas. The back door opnes to a beautiful pool areas. Pool views from the living room, breakfast room and the naster bedroom. Great closet space. washera nd dryer connections in the unit. Quiet secure complaex close to restaurants, shooping and highways.
I know that listing information is going the way of the dodo, with more buyers passing up that little nugget from Realtors entirely to look at dimensions, square footage, and photos. But still, it is important to make sure spelling, grammar, and punctuation don’t reflect poorly on the listing agent and brokerage.
Sadly, I see this way too much. I also see tons of listings in upper price ranges (think $500K and skyward) use all caps in the listing information area. Simply unacceptable, folks. I agree with our writer, that it’s a pet peeve, but I think the solution is for sellers to demand better from their agents, to check their work and make them fix it.
What do you think?
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Not only that, but when I blog I "pick up" copy, that is, cut and paste, to have it in my CMS to refer to for accuracy so I don't have to switch back and forth. Many mis-spellings occur because of that. I totally understand the need to express emotion, heavens I myself get way carried away and overdo the exclamation points !!!
Not only that, but when I blog I "pick up" copy, that is, cut and paste, to have it in my CMS to refer to for accuracy so I don't have to switch back and forth. Many mis-spellings occur because of that. I totally understand the need to express emotion, heavens I myself get way carried away and overdo the exclamation points !!!
The whole point of posting properties on the web is to have them shared so they can be sold. The harder an agent makes it, the less likely that property will be sold! (See what I mean about too many exclamation points?)
The whole point of posting properties on the web is to have them shared so they can be sold. The harder an agent makes it, the less likely that property will be sold! (See what I mean about too many exclamation points?)
I love to go shooping!
I love to go shooping!
You are spot on with this one! Poor reflection upon the profession.
You are spot on with this one! Poor reflection upon the profession.
Or how about 18 days in MLS and still no photos? So you call the agent to ask what kind of shape it's in, since there are no photos, and they say, "Oh gosh, I need to get those uploaded."
Or how about 18 days in MLS and still no photos? So you call the agent to ask what kind of shape it's in, since there are no photos, and they say, "Oh gosh, I need to get those uploaded."
My pet peeve is agents who can't get the data such as number of bedrooms and locations correct. Such a waste of buyers time to get to home and find it does not fit the criteria they have requested.
Amen. Or when writing it up I have to check DCAD etc etc.
My pet peeve is agents who can't get the data such as number of bedrooms and locations correct. Such a waste of buyers time to get to home and find it does not fit the criteria they have requested.
Amen. Or when writing it up I have to check DCAD etc etc.
I once saw a house listed in MLS as being tutor style. I send the agent an email saying she might wish to change it to tudor. She replied with a very nasty email basically telling me to go f#$% myself.
Well I bet she's on some Best Realtor list, too…
I once saw a house listed in MLS as being tutor style. I send the agent an email saying she might wish to change it to tudor. She replied with a very nasty email basically telling me to go f#$% myself.
Well I bet she's on some Best Realtor list, too…