John,
I have a question. We just got a solicitation and I jumped right on it. When I clicked on the "how to accept" line, it brought me to the usual place only on the first line it read that the BPO solicitation was being sent to "Jane Realtor" (another realtor in our area) and if I wasn't Jane Realtor I should "click here".

What's up with that? We've talked before about how to become a preferred vendor for CC, but have been told that the BPOs are just sent out in a first come, first served process. Maybe other agents are getting the same thing with our name on them? Just want to make sure we're not missing something! :-)

D.

Hey! I got a few more! One because a previous agent said the area was surburban and I said rural.

Then another because they couldn't see the subject cleary in the photo. Hmmm... What's the big set of bars across the driveway clearly shown in the photo? Oh yeah, we call those gates. Then about 500 ft of winding driveway through uncleared land. It is hard to see the subject because the owner wanted it that way! I guess I'll break out the bolt cutters, trespass and go back for another photo. Hope the owner doesn't catch me because I can't share info with him.

Ben, I just had a clarification from emortgage like that. My "front" pic was of the driveway. My comments included the fact that the house sits at the back of a lot away from the road, partially behind another home and is unable to be seen from the road. The clarification was to please send a picture of the front of the house, not the driveway.

When I get a gated property, I note that (and of course you do also). I also will go to the latest GIS mapping program for the county/city and capture an image from the aerial photo and upload it as an image. I note the date of the GIS most recent update to the photos. I have had a couple of companies email be back great comments on that and it has resulted in a few listings.

I will definately try the GIS photos with them. I just wish they would give us who have been working with them for a while and do quality work the benefit of a doubt.

Our county has records online including a picture. The last time I did a BPO on a house that I couldn't see from the road, I sent a picture from the county wesite. It was the same picture of the driveway with a big NO TRESPASSING sign that I had sent them.

I just got one approved that I was sure was gonna get clarified... Gate I couldn't get close to the house, so I took a long shot pic. Couldn't see the garage but the county had a record of a 1271 sq.ft. garage (986 sq ft house) but it was on 2.8 acres of horse/ag land so it made sense.

Any way I put in the garage blank "Detached 1271sqft" I was sure some brain surgeon was gonna call me to ask if it was one car or two, but the call never came.

ggwwtre,
We considered doing everything from filing a grievance to speaking to him directly, and decided to wait a bit. He's doing another appraisal on a pre-listed REO of mine and I'm eager to see how this one turns out. I WILL be checking it over (my clients use me for free field reviews rather often, it seems), and if the same problems are evident in that one, then we'll decide how to proceed...
In the meantime, anyone wanna buy a nice $115k house for $135k???