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MLS Listing Photo Shoot Gone Bad

March 6, 2008

This is the third in the series of bad MLS listing photos. Actual photos of homes for sale… Can you believe the level of service sellers tolerate?

[youtube QdC6SvjFgsM Bad MLS Listings Photos in Video]

Demand more from your real estate agent.

Related Post: Real Estate Agents Don’t Get the Picture

h/t to Ryan Ward

Zillow and the Real Estate Industry: Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing?

April 6, 2007

Zillow is now offering a “great deal” to agents: you can post your listings for FREE! What great exposure, and how kind of Zillow to offer such a wonderful service to agents without taking a dime-what a nice company!

My friend in the Boston real estate market, Mollie Wasserman, writes in response: “I do not understand why, like lambs to the slaughter, we continue to support and build entities that will put us out of business. Third parties like Zillow cannot (yet) compete with the MLS because they don’t have the property information. So, wa-la, they ask agents to supply it for free (cause we love free and will do anything for exposure) and we provide them the very thing that will seal the fate of the MLS.” Read the rest of Mollie’s article…

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