Like that headline? It’s not a joke. Seriously.
In today’s world of tech and smart homes, we have more and more homeowners recording audio and not just video. Many people think that when they’re looking at a house; there might be a ‘nanny cam’. Do they realize they could be recorded? When they are oohing and aweing over this house and where their furniture will go, do they understand the seller might use that against them in negotiations? Probably not.
There’s nothing we can do as REALTORS to stop this but we should be warning our prospective buyers BEFORE they enter a house.
While we’re on the topic of sales price and technology….let’s remind the public that what they see online is rarely accurate. More and more people want to put a price on their homes based on its’ online value. Remember, junk in equals junk out. I don’t know of an automated value system (Zillow, Trulia, etc.) that has all the necessary information to value properties. Most of the time they don’t even have accurate comparable sales data to work with. Don’t get me wrong. There is a place for those systems in the market but the consumer who depends on them as fact is only hurting themselves.
Technology is a beautiful thing. I love all the advancements and new toys/tools. New business models are getting VERY exciting. (That’s a whole other post.) Let’s just think about both sides of the equation and try to play fair and be aware.
leighyork 