Trulia Voices and Ridiculous Things on the Internet

Into my inbox popped a question that a buyer just posted to Trulia.  This buyer indicated that he likes a particular house on the West Bank of New Orleans.  His question is why is the house on the market for so long and is there anything structurally wrong with it.  He then says that he has an agent.   So:

1. Either he is just saying he has an agent so he will be left alone;

2. Or he has an agent and doesn’t trust the agent to answer his question;

3. Or somehow he thinks an agent he does not know will somehow feel an obligation to answer his question honestly and expose the condition of this house on Trulia

4. Or I honestly don’t know what he is thinking

I then see that an agent in Connecticut is answering a question for a buyer in New Orleans.  Connecticut is on the East Coast of this country and New Orleans is in the South and so I ask myself why in the world would an agent in Connecticut respond to this and then I see the following posted on Trulia:

 

“Trulia VIPs are the top members of the Trulia Voices community. They are always available to answer community questions or write informative blogs and they consistently post content that is rated helpful by other members. See who’s already a Trulia VIPand read on to find out how you too can become a very important person (or professional) within the Trulia community”.

So agents always available to answer questions whether those questions are in their area or not, or whether they have any knowledge of the subject or not move up the ranks when they answer loads of questions on Trulia.  That explains this agent in CT answering a buyers questions in New Orleans.
So to any buyers out there using Trulia please realize that agents who are high up on the ladder and look to be first got there by answering questions they have no business answering and getting credit for it.  There are ethical guidelines and legal issues with discussing the condition of a property on the internet just so you know.
Ridiculous.

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