We drove an hour out of our way to see this home. Pictures looked nice online. Get there and the entire front side of the house is COVERED in moths.
Inside the floors are covered in dirt, windows had nasty grease marks and floor is missing in most rooms. Looked like someone let it go for years and decided to sell it.
Realtors, this ain’t ok!! Do better and stage your homes better . This is false advertising
Open house tour and the $500k house is covered in moths and filthy inside
byu/officialmistermainer inRealEstate
Posted by officialmistermainer
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I toured a $1.4M house yesterday, the agent didn’t show up so they had the owner show us around with my agent, the house was a mess, it smelled like they had just cooked something disgusting, the floors were greasy, the paint job around the house was awful. It was bad. They’re never getting $1.4 for that place.
Leave a realtor review on Zillow or google this ain’t the way to teach a lesson
I mean, is it a house priced at $500k in a neighborhood of $800k houses? You may have expected more for the money, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t worth it in as is condition
As a listing agent I totally agree. If the property is in rough shape and the sellers won’t pay to properly prepare the property…then just tell the truth! Don’t AI fake photos. Show it like it is and say its an investment property.
I just toured some $1.3 million properties with buyer clients and the prep for listing was ZERO! The listing agent, unless the seller is refusing to take advice, is costing the sellers $10’s of thousands.
Get a good agent. Prepare your property and sell quickly for the best offer.
Depends on neighborhood. Houses in my area are over 1.5 million. 500k is a steal. If you can save the walls and foundation. I would remodel.
Be sure to let the realtor’s broker or managing company know.
$500K for a house? I’m surprised it even had a roof.
Where the heck do you find such a deal? Average house in my area is ~$1.5m. $500k barely gets a 1 bed condo.
As it turns out, Realtors can’t make people clean their homes.
Listing photos should be current condition. But I’m guessing the reason you drove an hour on thanksgiving weekend to tour a house is because it was priced well below the market. So it wasn’t a gem. Better than misrepresent condition with cosmetic upgrades when there’s issues underneath.
Sounds like they are targeting an investor offer and don’t really care about people like you.
You want them to stage it better? And cover up the mess that exists to fool you?
You are wrong!
Maybe the description and online photos should be accurate about condition but staging? GTFOH
I went to a showing with a house that was 650K. First thing the realtor showing the house said when we walked in…”I noticed some liquid cat poop on the second floor landing. So just watch your step.”
My husband and I went and looked at a home that reeked of cat piss and weed. It was absolutely foul. My hair ended up smelling of it all day, I was so grossed out.
They supposedly were having an open house the next day. I don’t know how anyone could stand in there for longer than 10 minutes. There ain’t enough air fresheners in the world to cover that up.
You have this backwards. It’s better for it to not be staged so you don’t get mislead.