You broker load your listing, give it a quick glance and hit “Submit”. The listing is now active and is being sent out to hundreds – maybe thousands – of other members’ clients who have been set up with a saved prospector search. And then you notice the listing price is incorrect.
Of course you change the price right away, but that first incorrect price is now shown as the “Previous Price”.
RAHB MLS® staff have been receiving many calls asking for the previous price to be removed from the listing because the listing price was entered incorrectly. This is happening often enough that it is obvious that members are not carefully checking their listings before hitting that “Submit” button.
Here’s a tip – print out a report of your listing instead of just glancing at what’s on the screen. Seeing the information on paper may let you see typos you might not see on the screen. And when you check your listing, make sure you look specifically at the following five fields, as experience shows they are the most likely to contain errors:
• Listing Price
• Commencement Date
• Expiry Date
• Selling Commission
• Sellers Names