DOH!
I will see and raise you. A property has been expired for 6 weeks. Buyer calls and asks me to contact the owner. Broker's signs still up. I call broker, are you still handling this? "Oh, it's expired?"

It makes me think their strategy didn't work and now they're in a coma.

Like looking at a listing in July and the mls pictures show snow on the ground.

Disappointing....and yet when you point this out .... you get push back from others claiming you are a hard ass...I just called out our MAR Board who posted about Sold Signs of when you can and cannot use them....  Now they are bringing me to the disciplinary board to explain myself... I cannot wait to destroy them.... pathetic I called them..and Pathetic our boards have become.... fearful I am not.... thanks for sharing today...glad there are others out there not afraid to showcase how weak our industry has become by allowing anyone in to the business...  

I've made that error so no stones will be thrown by me on this one John Juarez .

Does the house seem like a match for a buyer client?  Everything else is subject to speculation as to why people do or don't do things.

Little over zealous agent thinking it was a hot property. The enthusiasm obviously cooled down by not changing the remarks.

This kind of thing doesn't bother me much. It is perhaps a dis-service to the seller to a certain minor extent but the confidential remarks are for agents only and not overly significant in my opinon. The agent didn't get around to updating the confidential remarks .... not too much (if any) harm done in this scenario.

I see that often.  Yes, one needs to update the comments.  And, those days are gone ... the days of setting an offer deadline ... that agent must have also missed that memo.  

Perhaps in this shifted market, the agent meant 1/28/2020. HA!

It's unbelievable how poorly agents manage their listings. 

Either they never came to terms with their many Offers or they forgot to mark the property Under Contract....and we have to phone them to ask before wasting our time in case it's the latter!

The listing agent is not really paying attention and keeping up with his listing.

she's WAAAYYYYY too enthusiastic about an offer.  Just the kind of LA's I don't want to work with. Hasn't sold in 60 days & it will take her that much time to return your call.

I truly think the majority of listing agents do not pay attention...once that seller signs, their true colors show clearly....

Seems like there has been a marketing disconnect from the sales department

John,

I would not tax myself into even thinking.

I can see where they may have forgotten but it also says that for these type of high stakes gains & losses perhaps we need someone who doesn't forget

Humans are in charge of all of these things, it would be nice if they did not make mistakes, but I accept that they do.

Maybe they got an offer? I never liked that strategy. Agent should remove it from remarks.

Just an uncorrected error.

I would have changed the comments.  But who knows what this agent has on his or her plate.  A lot of sickness and deaths here in our realtor community. at least 7 in the last week and  a half.

He/she needs to update the comment.  Probably too pre-occupied with something else....

Ya think, John? 

Oops!

Change is a good thing.

This is what happens when you forget to set your notifications properly. I don't think much of this agent John.

I see all sorts of commentary by agents in listings that is outdated on a regular basis - open house dates, offer due dates and more. Makes you wonder about what they are doing for their clients, or not.

Agent did not get offers accepted if any.

Once and done on anything online can go stale. Not dissing a fellow agent in a public facing comment and from one not updated entry am not going to judge him/her good bad or ugly. But will say when you get a contract calling for ASAP within hours acceptance, things go badly too. You want the seller who happens to be on vacation, at a funeral, getting a root canal, whatever to have the complete offer. To share with his or her mate. To sleep on it, ask some questions and then expect a response. Too tight with the dates works badly for everyone. Timing is everything but room to breathe on a big decision is needed. Not everyone makes snap decisions. 

An inattentive agent.

LAZY and this world is full of lazy listing agents YET sellers are still listing with them. I just dont get it

Interesting but does not surprise me, that is the way some people think the world works.  Not me

OH MY, that would be embarrassing! 

Carol Williams summed it up well!

I would change the comment on the date for sure.

Unless the deadline is accompanied by 'house will be sold on Monday when owner will make a decision" this is simply a negotiation strategy....and in this case...lacked the seller empowerment to make it real.

What do I think of the agent? They were smart enough to makes sure the comment was not public.  At this point the issue only affects agents and they really don't matter. If the buyer likes the house, the agent will take action as needed. If the buyer agent is smart they can know the seller is experiencing frustration.

Ouch. Worse if the seller know

I think this is an agent that is the type I don't want to work with.

I'd say he/she is an incompetent, lazy ass agent.