Hattip Novahog -- this can't be beat --
"Expectacular property in great area. ceilings on the forst floorand. open staircase leads to the second floor, Laundry ara in lower level"
Real estate agent comments on a new listing today.Thursday, August 14, 2008
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Unless the bulk of the ad says "sorry, I'm dyslexic" this is a golden opportunity. You can probably talk this guy outta 50 percent just by using complex math, dropped decimals, and fast talking.
expectorate?
I don't know. This is the kind of guy who knows that ceilings on the first floor make a house worth the whole half million. Anywhere else, those are extra.
Seriously, the only way I can believe it is this bad is that someone with MLS access is fed up with the more common spelling and grammar errors that show up and is hoping to point out how bad these things look by taking it to such an extreme.
Hey, that RE agent gets 6% of 600K properties. That RE agent must make 10 times what we all make...
I wish I had been careful to compile my favorite "bloopers" descriptions when I was burning up Redfin every day. My question: what do the sellers think when they see their listing? And why don't they take steps to correct it?
The last sale on that house was 9/2005 for $644,000. Wow.
The listing agency doesn't seem to have a web site (I can't goggle it when I Google it).
One of my favorites is FX6826380. This has been REO forever, but was recently relisted with the following charming description:
This is the Deal, your client were looking for..!! Take it before someone else make it. Near to Shopping Malls, Groceries, Major HWY and more. Fully finished walkout basement with full bath. Bank Owned
But what do I know? It's finally under contract, so apparently the new listing did its job.
-Jason
Ok everyone, write that listing correctly in Chinese, ready go.... I didn't think so. Non-native languages can be tough.
Well ... I'm not trying to sell real estate in China, so I fail to see your point. I assume the agent is being paid for their services. If I had hired an agent and they wrote text like that to sell my house I'd be livid.
-Jason
The point is the real estate agent might not be ignorant, just doesn't know English very well. That's not a crime (yet).
Shamrock:
Excellent point. I will also accept English as a second language as an excuse.
Maybe with a little editing it wouldn't be that bad.
"Spectacular property in excellent area. Vaulted ceilings on first floor. Open staircase to upper level. Laundry on lower level."
(thanks for the support Jim)
The client has the right to expect that a few words in a listing be properly written regardless of the agent's first or second or third language. It's a job relevant requirement. Do you think that French buyers would find it ok if I went to France and wrote French that poorly? Also, if he does other aspects of the job well, the agent could easily overcome this one difficulty by paying a native English writer/speaker to edit the listing info he drafts.
English as 2nd language is no excuse here.
Particularly since they generally work in teams. One agent's failings should not impact the service provided that much.
Most of the examples are just laziness on the part of people who know better, such as using abbreviations--often in correct ones--the next group are understandable grammar and spelling mistakes. English is a hard language, and even native speakers screw it up frequently when it comes to some words and phrases and punctuation issues.
This one took the cake because it was so blatantly bad. We could interpret it as it was edited by shamrock. That might be 100% correct. However, an equally valid interpretation is:
"Spectacular property in great area. The looters haven't figured out how to take the ceilings away yet. They did take the banister, though, so be careful on the stairs. In the basement there's a hole with some great clothes-washing niches built in. No need to upgrade to a deluxe washboard."
Obviously, while I'm taking one extreme, you're taking the other.
I still think this one was intentional.
u guys are being gentle. you cannot understate the writing aptitude of realtards.
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