House of the Day: 277 Prospect Place
Why do people continue to hire brokers who have zero presence on the Internet? It’s absolutely crazy. Take the owners of this place on Prospect Place. Maybe a slight stretch at its asking price of $1.5 million (“negotiable,” according to the broker) because of it narrowness, but they might as well be asking $3 million…
Why do people continue to hire brokers who have zero presence on the Internet? It’s absolutely crazy. Take the owners of this place on Prospect Place. Maybe a slight stretch at its asking price of $1.5 million (“negotiable,” according to the broker) because of it narrowness, but they might as well be asking $3 million given how little exposure the place is getting. In addition to not even having a basic website, the broker has not, as far as we’ve noticed, put any ads on Craigslist or the NY Times online. When we asked whether there were any photos of the interior anywhere on the web, the broker responded, “Not at this time.” What a joke. So for the six percent the $90,000 or so they will end up paying this woman and her firm, they are getting a $30 sign in their front yard. Sounds like quite a value! This broker doesn’t deserve us even printing her number. Go knock on the owner’s door and offer them $1.3 million directly instead. We bet they’ll take it. GMAP P*Shark
I’m not sure I’d go that far, but for a property worth over $1mm, yeah, you better get that baby online.
Give Brownstoner a break, folks! I think it’s a legitimate point: in 2007 (not 11 years ago, or 20 years ago) any seller’s broker who is not using the Internet is doing his/her clients a disservice. Period.
Isn’t the broker for this one either the owner or a family member of the owner of the house?
I think it would be interesting to look into how buyers search for real estate in brooklyn on the web.
Compare/contrast trulia, zillow, streeteasy, propertyrover, craigslist, ect. specifically in brooklyn.
highlight features of certain broker sites
Mr. B, I know you are righteously indignant, but I gotta tell you that was exactly the kind of situation I was looking for as a buyer. In fact, big parts of Brooklyn are not covered by Corcoran and the big cyber-sophisticated brokers. I made the acquaintance of a total of 31 brokers in trying to find my place and in the end, it was a smaller broker from whom I got my place. I like to think I got a pretty good deal, which suited me just fine. And if I buy something again, I can tell you I am not hopping into a multiple bid situation engineered by the cyberbrokers. But then, I am probably just making your point for you. Sell global, buy local.
I gave up on using brokers with our last house. They have never done anything of value that I could see. We sold our last place ourselves and it was the smoothest closing we have ever had.
12:38, my reaction exactly. methinks mr. b. doth protest too much.
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We were just walking by…
HI
Who is the broker and how did you find this?????