Friday, June 20, 2008

Realtor website errors

How would you like to be represented by a real estate agent who has this listed on his/her website? ( haven't even tried to highlight all the punctuation errors.)

Ladera Ranch California is located just south of the incorporated city of Mission Viejo, and is just 2 miles east of Highway 5 along Crown Valley Parkway. Ladera Ranch is an easy commute by car or train to the Irvine and Los Angels job centers. People are attracted to Ladera Ranch due it's unique design and community feel that reminds many residents of simpler times where neighbors walked to and met at the local town center. Ladera is a new master planned self-contained community surrounded by 1,700 acres of rustic hills, lush landscaping and orchards. It broke ground in 1999 with it's first village called Oak Knoll. Now, Ladera Ranch consists of 8 Villages comprising of about 8,100 homes and condos, including 4 apartment communities, and 3 retirement facilities.

Ladera Ranch CA award wining residential architectures incorporate a blend of attached condominiums and detached single family homes. From efficient 1 bedroom, 1 bath condos, up to 6 bedroom, 5 bath, 5,000 square foot estates, and everything in between... one kind find most any property to meet their needs and wants in Ladera Ranch. Please visit the rest of this website to learn more about Ladera Ranch Calif., it's Villages and the ground breaking community amenities. To learn more about detached single family homes, visit: Ladera Ranch Homes. To find out about attached condominiums, visit: Ladera Ranch Condos.


This is from the website of a group of five well-known agents. The rest of the site is similarly embarrassing. (Even the email auto-reply has an error: "Your inquiry has been received and will be responded too promptly.") What does this say about how much (or how little) care an agent might take on contracts worth hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars? And why on earth would agents not hire a reputable copyeditor to look at their site? In this kind of devastating real estate market, it seems incredibly foolish.

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