Agent Question of the Week

Amending listings to restrict photos to third-party sites
“The buyer wants to have all of the pictures of their new home taken off of the MLS. What can I do?”  ===     Timing is everything. While the new owner...
Tue, 31 Jan, 2023 at 4:46 PM
“My seller finally signed back their listing extension, but the MLS listing shows ‘Expired.’ What can I do?”
On occasion a client may return their signed authorization to extend their listing before the listing has expired. For all those other times, the listing ma...
Mon, 8 Jul, 2024 at 1:10 PM
“It’s 10 pm and I accidentally launched my listing as Active before it was ready! MLS Support isn’t available; what can I do!??!?”
If your listing has gone Active before you planned for it, you can change the status to Hold. This pauses the Days On Market counter and removes the listing...
Mon, 8 Jul, 2024 at 1:13 PM
“People aren’t returning my phone calls; do you have any tips?”
Phone calls start with good form and good manners and lead to giving the person on the other end of the message a meaningful reason to respond. Who are you...
Mon, 8 Jul, 2024 at 1:16 PM
“The MLS won’t let me update my listing’s status. What’s going on?”
=== When you are updating your listing status, the first step is to indicate what status you want to wind up in. So change the listing status itself; click...
Mon, 8 Jul, 2024 at 1:18 PM
“When the MLS comes back what’s the fastest way for me to get back to business-as-usual?”
  That is a great question and the answer to it is: be patient with yourself and don’t rush. One of my late grandmother’s favorite sayings was “When you don...
Mon, 8 Jul, 2024 at 1:19 PM
“Why can I talk about my off-market listing within my brokerage but not to an outside agent or the general public?”
This is a great question! The reason is that your broker holds the listing contract and you, as their agent, are representing them. Just like all the other ...
Mon, 8 Jul, 2024 at 1:21 PM
“Can I schedule Open Houses and Broker Tours for my Coming Soon listing?”
No… and yes. No, you cannot schedule a showing event like an Open House or a Broker Tour slot for a listing that is still in Coming Soon status the day of t...
Mon, 8 Jul, 2024 at 1:22 PM
“Can you remind me what does or doesn’t count towards the Total Parking Spaces field in the MLS?”
Absolutely! This is a not-uncommon question; fortunately, it is spelled out in section 7.27 of the SFARMLS Rules & Regulations. Specifically,   Any re...
Mon, 8 Jul, 2024 at 1:24 PM
"My San Francisco APN isn’t fitting into the new listing screen. Help?"
This can happen for APNs that have a format of five characters before the dash instead of just four. The way to enter them correctly is to use the Search Co...
Mon, 8 Jul, 2024 at 1:25 PM