MLS Misspellings “6 Panel Solid Cherry Doors w/Vanetian Bronze Hardware!” –Excerpt, MLS Listing I’m pretty sure that the listing agent meant “Venetian.” And no, MLS doesn’t have a spell-check function. P.S.: For sheer real estate bloopers, it’s hard to top this one.Read More
Watching Too Much “Breaking Bad?” It could just be that I’ve been watching too much “Breaking Bad,” a superb series on AMC whose main character makes methamphetamine, and whose brother-in-law just happens to be an Albuquerque DEA agent. But, my listings’ online traffic — and my own anecdotal observations — tell me that it’s not just my imagination....Read More
Is Six Months “Temporary”? I tripped across this Minnetonka home in the course of doing a CMA (“Comparative Market Analysis”) for an upcoming listing. Originally listed on June 28 last Summer, it was switched to “TNAS” (“Temporarily Not Available for Showing”) five days later — and has remained there ever since. Maybe that should now...Read More
Overpriced + Fat Payout = Overpriced Can a whopper of an agent bonus move what appears to be an overpriced listing? This South Minneapolis duplex (pictured above) would certainly seem to be an excellent test case. Listed Friday for $430,000, what jumped about the listing — besides the modest curb appeal and aggressive asking price...Read More
Searching for “MLS,” Getting “TheMLSonline.com” One might think that BobMenendez.com would be the Web site of Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey, chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. But no. Sharron Angle, the Republican candidate for the Senate in Nevada, has the site, which her campaign uses to bash Democrats. –Marc Lacey, “Clicking Candidate.com,...Read More
“Would You Consider Renting?” Through the years, I have in rare instances sent a blind mailing on behalf of a client who had seemed to exhaust all other possibilities. Typically, they were interested in either a very specific style of home, a very specific neigborhood — or both. And were under a time deadline. Junk...Read More
