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Jeff, many of our luxury home listing agents are doing this after closing. It started sometime early 2014.
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Inna Ivchenko
Encino, CA
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Jeff Dowler CRS - Your MLS probably has rules about this, like you have to have at least 1 shot up. I would take down all the others just before it closed while you are still in control. But way before then, your seller needs to know that his information cannot be erased. See Zillow as an example.
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Jeff Dowler, CRS
Carlsbad, CA
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Cindy Davis - the challenge is can you TRULY remove things from the Internet. Yep you can take off the MLS and listing sites but I don't think you acan truly remove them. I have never been asked but know people who have
Raoul Loustaunau - I think that's the best you can do
Jeff
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Raoul Loustaunau
Phoenix, AZ
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I'm often asked to do so. I remove pictures from MLS, but keep them on a disc.
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And it could also be the new homeowners who ask. It's never been asked of me by either the sellers OR the new owners. And what about if the home DOES not sell or gets relisted?
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Jeff, that's a really interesting question. Once the home is sold, it's no longer their's, so do they have any say in what materials you post? Our mls listing agreement says if we supplied the material we own it and can use it any way we want. Then, I suppose it also depends on the client--if this is an important, repeat and referral clients, I'd probably do what I could to keep them happy.
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I often remove my photos and videos regardless if seller ask me or not to do so.
Our MLS requires to have at least one picture left.
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Hella M. Rothwell, Broker/Realtor® - getting photos off the ML is easy as long as it's done early on. Because of how the Internet works there are going to be some sites that grab our stuff we can do nothing about
Jeff
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After a home has sold? Then you are talking about the new owners? In that case, yes I would take them down.
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Jeff Dowler CRS most of the pictures, YouTube videos etc you can remove. Though I strongly believe, you can't remove all the traces left online! We ourselves don't know where the listing has reached once it is out in public.
However, the seller should not be concerned about that once the home is sold, correct? If the new owner asks for it, that may be a valid request I guess!
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Jeff,
Remove them. It is a question of privacy that is the issue, and you are right who know where on the Internet those pictures are.
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I don't think it's possible, Jeff. It's the nature of today's business.
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I offer to remove photos or videos that I've posted to web sites that I control but sites such as Arizona Multiple Listing Service, Zillow, Trulia, etc. are not controlled by the sellers agent. They have a legal right to continue to display content you've uploaded, and in the case of ARMLS, have a legal copyright to display those images. I may be able to petition, by email, other third party sites to remove images or videos but once images or videos are out on the web it's almost impossible to find every site they may appear on.
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Good question Jeff. I think all you can do is remove them from your local MLS, the Internet lives on forever. You may not have full control of some suites like Z & T and Rdot com.
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No one has ever asked us to do this before, but if I was able to, I would certainly try and remove the photos...
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Their listing gave you permission to post but for the sake of seller agent relationship I would try to honor their requests. After you sell you don't have any power to go on your past listing and delete though unless done before its updated on the MLS.
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If someone asked me to do this, then I would feel like I have to give it a try.
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Hello Jeff , some times that easy to do , but some times its imposible
like i tell my cients to start what goes on the web its their for a life time.
if they were to ask i will try my best.