zillow.com shows my house valued at $1,570,000. I left the hose on mistake when I left for Bora Bora. The pool and bbq slid down the hill into the neighbors yard and the illegals I hired to dig up the yard stole all the toilets. The picture zillow has on their site really is not a true representation of the property as it is today. Should I call them and have then re-shoot it? What is the ethical thing to do?
2006-07-29 02:25:54 · 13 answers · asked by Dave B 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
If you had a piece of property worth 1.5 mil, you would not be asking such stupid questions.
b
2006-07-29 03:13:50 · answer #1 · answered by Bacchus 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If this isn't a joke, you should try to restore the property as best as you can. If you can at least get it back to 80% of the way it was, you don't have to alert them.
However, if you don't do any restoration, you should definitely do a reshoot because you are falsely representing the value of your property.
2006-07-29 09:29:26 · answer #2 · answered by Justin 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Zillow's values are a joke. They won't do anything if you contact them. Zillow doesn't "shoot" properties, they just extract data from public databases and estimate values based on that information.
2006-07-29 09:39:07 · answer #3 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you misrepresent the condition of your property in order to sell it, and you do sell it to someone who has not inspected the property, you are committing fraud. That is illegal. If you leave the photo "as is," and someone take the time to come out to see the property, I would think they would be a bit dismayed--UNLESS you are already taking steps to restore the property to its original condition.
2006-07-29 09:29:47 · answer #4 · answered by Nefertiti 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a thing called disclosure when selling a property. You can be held liable if you misrepresent the condition of the property.
2006-07-29 09:29:06 · answer #5 · answered by mom 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes you should correct the info. If you sell without the facts being true you could be sued for Fraud.
2006-07-29 09:29:50 · answer #6 · answered by Mrsdonmar 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
honesty. But if you have a house valued at that much, then you should be able to afford to fix all those problems. One would think anyway.
2006-07-29 09:29:42 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
this is kinda like "i'd rather be hated 4 who i am then be loved 4 who im not" I'd rather be poor for honesty then be rich 4 a lie.
2006-07-29 09:30:01 · answer #8 · answered by were making fiction of our lives 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Speaking as a real estate investor I should kick your *** for asking this question.
2006-07-29 09:31:42 · answer #9 · answered by RB 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
honesty is the best policy
2006-07-29 09:27:43 · answer #10 · answered by waterdancer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋