Listing status in the MLS seems to be confusing.
Sometimes that is due to the widely varying rules of various MLSs. So people from other areas moving to the Raleigh Cary Durham Chapel Hill area need to be brought up to speed regarding the meaning of MLS status.

Most commonly, people are confused by "Contingent" and "Pending" status.

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I'm not a big believer in pestering people that they just cannot buy real estate without an agent.
Too often agents seem completely self-serving with that advice.
I would make an exception in this case, but it seems that the barn door is WIDE open. And the horse has wandered...


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Another poll. As usual, I will leave the poll open, with no closing date.

The link: http://www.city-data.com/forum/real-...-facebook.html

What are your thoughts on Real Estate Agents posting photos of buyers to Facebook at the closing attorney's office or at a title company, when signing documents?

Here's today's poll:
Buyers and Sellers: National Real Estate Firm or Local Independent Firm?

What type of firm, if any do you prefer to work with as a buyer or seller of property?

I like polls.
They get responses from CD Members who may not otherwise post in the forum on a topic. And rather than scrolling through a forum of posts, one can see a total count of how members think.

Every time I create a poll, it comes from a spark of an idea,...

Out of curiosity, I posted in the CD Real Estate forum a poll asking for feedback on digital signing.
You can access it here:
http://www.city-data.com/forum/real-...ures-poll.html

It is becoming more and more common to try to go paperless in real estate transactions. So, we have multiple means to execute documents, signing and initialing, via digital means.
I use DocuSign with ZipForm, but there are several other vendors providing digital...