How does one explain to a client where the supposed 3rd bedroom is in a home? Sure the listing agent conveniently hides the non conforming bedroom in the agent notes. I can explain this to my client when a closet is not there and most will understand. But I have show a few homes lately where the 4th wall is missing along with no door. As a matter of fact it is part of the family room.
About a year ago on 60 minutes or 20/20, there was an agent who claimed he sold his listings in an average of 21 days. The reporter went on to discover that he simply relisted the homes every 90 days. The agent actually bragged about this deceitful practice on the air and admitted this is how his time on market numbers were so low.
Our code of ethics states we must treat everyone with honesty, whether or not they are our clients. Advertising a home with 3 bedrooms when it only has 2 wastes everyones time. Looking back at the home the dining room and living room were also nonconforming bedrooms too. I guess they should have called it a 5 bedroom. And yes I can see the market history on the MLS but, home owners can't. We need to live up to the code of ethics we signed when we became Realtors.
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Joel Friday
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