You want to list your house. So, you hire a Realtor. They are charging your 5% on a $500,000 house, so $25k.

And they put this on the listing:

LISTING AGENT IS NOT REPONSIBLE FOR ENTRY ERRORS ON MLS

This means, that buyers cannot rely on the information on the listing to determine their interest in the property.

I understand, this is about liability. The listing agent is worried, that they may make an error and they might get sued.

FOR $25k. Don’t make an error.

There are many buyers that come to town every day to buy a home. In Pasco County Florida, it is around 1300-1500 closings a month. So, every day around 45-50 homes go under contract.

These buyers rely on the information in the listing to decide what homes to look at, and ultimately, what home to buy.

Much of the information that buyers use to select a home are deal makers and deal breakers. Pet restrictions are a deal breaker, for someone with pets. Leasing restrictions are a deal breaker for landlord buyers. Deed restrictions are a deal breaker for many buyers. Room sizes are an issue for many buyers, I once sold a home in one day because of the measurement of the den, the buyer had a pool table. Many listings say buyer to verify room dimensions.

If the information is not on the listing to make the first decision, to go look at a home, we will likely skip the home. Wait we won’t skip it; it won’t even be on the list to consider skipping it.

If you are shopping for a Realtor to list your home, and they have buyer to verify, or Realtor cannot verify the information, or there are blanks or information that is skipped on their listings, perhaps this is not the Realtor for you.

You need to have the widest possible audience to get the most amount of money for your home, in the least amount of time.

One neighborhood I have blogged about is Plantation Palms. It has no pet restrictions. Of 65 listings in the history of the neighborhood. My listing was the only one to say NO PET RESTRICTIONS, which is another way of saying 100 lb. + dogs are ok.

Unfortunately, every listing in the neighborhood says, buyer to verify under pet restrictions. Buyer to verify? Not going to happen. These homes never make the list to being considered.

Angry Randy.