[tippyclubb]

The bad luck continues. The agent has listed the house, although there will not be any showings until Monday. The pictures she took were awful and Mickey Mouse could have done better. In her property details she left out our new roof, finished basement, and she had our outside hot tub as being in the basement. She had it listed as a 1 bath home and its 2. I called and informed her of the mistakes.

I looked on Zillow and the sq. footage was wrong by 1,000 feet and there were no pictures of the house. I called her again and she said she had no control of what Zillow's did. All she did was submit information and could not change it. I took pictures and got on Zillow's and corrected the wrong information and added pictures. Basically, I did her job.

Now were stuck with this incompetent idiot for 90 days. I will be talking with the head person in charge in the morning. She sure had a great sales pitch and we felt good about choosing her. Wrong. Before hiring her I researched her and read her reviews on line. No complaints. She was also rated as one of the top realtors in the area.

Thanks for reading my little rant.

[jblum315]

Location, Location, Location! Seems to be the magic word in real estate.And you say you're in a good location. I wouldn't worry about the other stuff. S**t happens. I bet you sell your house in May.

[senior citizen]

TO "TIPPYCLUBB" and everyone else in the process of listing their homes for sale up north....

We always listed our homes for sale in the month of May.
When we were younger, our first home sold in ONE DAY.
Subsequent homes sold in a few weeks. Obviously, the prices were lower back then. Later homes always sold in the autumn, or prior to the autumn, when children needed to be "settled" in school.

This year, due to a long long winter, we decided to wait until after Memorial Day weekend when everything up here is in bloom......
Plus the fact that we are "slowing down". Our snow cover hung around so long, that our landscapers just got around to doing a spring cleanup on the grounds......and mowed us for the first time yesterday.

Like everyone else, we watch those HGTV shows. How times have changed. The young couples buying now want to negotiate everything, where in our day, we just paid the asking price.
They also want closing costs paid. Everyone is telling us to list "higher" than what we hope to get at the end.

We've discussed that "this is not a race" and "there is no rush".
I also just read something interesting yesterday, prior to last night's solar eclipse........I'll share it with you....

“””Your best timing for home-or-property related aspects will come after Jupiter, giver of gifts and luck, enters Leo on July 16, 2014, and will remain in Leo until August 11, 2015. This applies to you whether you plan to buy or sell a house, do a renovation, or acquire or sell furniture. If you wait until after July 15, you are more likely to get the high price you seek for your property sale or be able to strike an attractive bargain on a mortgage or refinancing plan. This is worth repeating: starting in mid-July, you will have an entire year, until August 11, 2015, to finish all your home-related actions. “”””


Actually, it kind of makes sense.......twenty years ago, which is the last time we sold a home, even though we listed in May as the inground pool was uncovered, everything was green and in bloom, the realtors actually DID NOT begin to bring around anyone , in earnest, until July through September......lots of folks have college graduations and weddings in May, high school graduations and weddings in June, and so on.........July is when they seriously begin searching..........or so it seems.

My advice is to be patient. Best wishes for a good outcome.

P.S.
I'm not looking forward, myself, to "cleaning" the three bathrooms and kitchen every single day to "show" the house. Last time, I was 49 years old........big difference in "cleaning stamina" to present age of 69.

We had a large ranch last time around; I would run that vacuum from one end to the other and then into the great room.........no problem. Now, with all the staircases in this house and huge rooms........truthfully, I'm not looking forward to people traipsing through. Our daughter in law said we should just rent it out and move down now...........but hubby thinks the renters will make a mess. It's NOT EASY and I feel for you........all of you who are listing their homes now.

[jnieman]

Originally Posted by tippyclubb

The bad luck continues. The agent has listed the house, although there will not be any showings until Monday. The pictures she took were awful and Mickey Mouse could have done better. In her property details she left out our new roof, finished basement, and she had our outside hot tub as being in the basement. She had it listed as a 1 bath home and its 2. I called and informed her of the mistakes.

I looked on Zillow and the sq. footage was wrong by 1,000 feet and there were no pictures of the house. I called her again and she said she had no control of what Zillow's did. All she did was submit information and could not change it. I took pictures and got on Zillow's and corrected the wrong information and added pictures. Basically, I did her job.

Now were stuck with this incompetent idiot for 90 days. I will be talking with the head person in charge in the morning. She sure had a great sales pitch and we felt good about choosing her. Wrong. Before hiring her I researched her and read her reviews on line. No complaints. She was also rated as one of the top realtors in the area.

Thanks for reading my little rant.

I would be disappointed in her as well. We have bought and sold 10 homes of our own. We would take down all wallpaper, paint the house neutral, clean the house thoroughly including carpets and declutter removing all traces of family photos, nick nacks etc. I made up a flyer listing all of the extras the home had. I found photos that were taken various times of the year, when the spring flowers were out and the grass was lush green. For every showing I had a stack of those flyers on the countertop and the pictures laid out for all to see.

[CFrance]

Originally Posted by jnieman

I would be disappointed in her as well. We have bought and sold 10 homes of our own. We would take down all wallpaper, paint the house neutral, clean the house thoroughly including carpets and declutter removing all traces of family photos, nick nacks etc. I made up a flyer listing all of the extras the home had. I found photos that were taken various times of the year, when the spring flowers were out and the grass was lush green. For every showing I had a stack of those flyers on the countertop and the pictures laid out for all to see.

Our neighbor was a good realtor, and she did the picture thing as well, and listed all the amenities on it. Easy to take home with you and jog your memory. Your realtor sounds like our first one. They think the internet will sell the house, and they don't do their jobs. No advertising. They wouldn't even hold an open house. We ditched them asap. Our second realtor used a professional photographer to take pictures, advertised and held open houses.

Maybe you can ditch the first one early? With ours, we were allowed to back out at any time and relist with another. Check your contract.

As for Zillow... they had our house listed across the street, non-waterfront, and half the square footage it actually was! Needless to say, their price guestimate was way low. NOBODY should trust Zillow.

[Jhooman]

Don't give up on your dream.

[tippyclubb]

I called and spoke with the owner of the realtor company this morning and raised cane. He will be taking over the listing and went into the sites and made changes and replaced the photos with the ones I took. He called a few minutes ago and said we have a showing on Monday.

[the square]

I'm thinking this a reality show in the making..

[tippyclubb]

Originally Posted by the square

I'm thinking this a reality show in the making..

Oh that's funny--I needed that laugh. We can call it Nightmare on Kennedy Street.

Things are looking better just got another call to see if I'm ready to show it on Friday too. I am.

Thanks everyone for your input. I appreciate it. Most of all thanks for listening as I know you understand.

[Patty55]

The next time you're feeling unlucky step out front look at the house on either side of you. As they say in my country, "There is nothing so bad that it couldn't be worse."

[tippyclubb]

Originally Posted by Patty55

The next time you're feeling unlucky step out front look at the house on either side of you. As they say in my country, "There is nothing so bad that it couldn't be worse."

I love this Patty.

For me its not always easy to think this way and I'll keep this attitude in mind during the home selling process.