Redfin - Posting Old Outdated Pictures and Information as Current Day!

A client called me and told me about a home he wanted to write an offer on. He found the home on the Redfin website. Problem was, I could not find the listing anywhere except Redfin....Redfin is showing this home as a listing that was posted only two days ago. No listing agent to present the offer to either.

Riverside County Tax Records showed it as being in "pre-foreclosure" status. The "source", of the Redfin data said it was pulled from SANDICOR, which is the MLS for San Diego County. That's funny, I thought unless some out of area agent posted it in their MLS system only. This was a dilemma so I decided to go to the home in person and check it out.

Here's what I found: A deteriorating home nothing like the pictures posted on Redfin:

Here are the current day pictures taken today 10/24/09, next to the Redfin photos that are from at least 10 years ago.

Here's the backyard: Present day and Redfin's posting.

Same Patio but now it has rusted nails and is coming apart.

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Next, is a picture of the inside all furnished and pristine along with my photo that I had to take through the window because the home is vacant and abandoned.

Here are some more of the current day pictures:

This is the back fence that has been broken into!

Notice the mold and graffitibelow and mold going up the chimney.

Here's the proof, looking out the front door the tree is huge now and was much smaller in the Redfin photos.

I am so tired of false information causing me to have to investigate these kinds of old

and outdated properties with ancient information.

I will continue to post about this and educate my clients not to depend on Redfin, Trulia, Realty Trac, Zillow or their agents for accurate information!

Only the MLS has "Pure MLS" information.

All of these free Internet sites have recorded information such as, quit claim deeds, Trustee's deeds, Mechanics liens, Tax Liens mixed in with listings. To make matters worse they have a trigger response that pulls pictures from our MLS even from closed listings that have long been sold, and makes it look like a current listing.

This should be a violation of providing false facts.

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If I, as a Realtor...

posted old pictures like this and did not disclose the present condition of the property....

I would be held responsible by the DRE for providing false information. There have been lawsuits against Realtors for posting false pictures...Why does Redfin get away with it?

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