October 2003 Issue
Page 6

Dear MLS Update,

Can you please tell me the pricing for replacement photos if I email them directly to the photographer?

Replacing Elkhart

Dear Replacing:

The MLS has negotiated a reduced rate for replacement, supplement and additional photos e-mailed to the photographer. The new rate is $3.65 per photo reduced from $6.00 per photo.

Remember if photos are e-mailed in the proper format we may be able to reduce the rate even more.

Formatting Requirements:

• The photo must be sized at 640 X 480 pixels and saved in jpeg format. Please use the MLS number as the file name. Send the photo as an attachment and put the MLS number in the subject line also. If the photo is received in a different format, the photo will be returned to the office with a request to re-format.
• When the listing is input into the computer, "e-mailing photo" must be entered on the photographer instruction line or an additional photo charge will be incurred.
• The MLS photo policy requires the Listing Office to submit the photo within 72 hours of the date of the listing contract. In addition, the photographer will have a maximum time of 48 hours to upload the photo excluding weekends and holidays. The Listing Office must verify the photo is displaying in the MLS to avoid a no photo fine.
  • For example: The Listing Office emails the photo to the photographer within the 72-hour time frame. However, the photo is not properly formatted and is returned. The Listing Office did not return the photo, for whatever reason, to the photographer and incurred a $25.00 no photo fine.
• Bottom line, it is the responsibility of the Listing Office to make sure the photo is displaying in the MLS. We recommend that you take the necessary steps to verify your email transactions. If you have a problem, please call the MLS with the verification information to track the photo.

Just for Fun

New Work Rules

1. SICKNESS: No excuses will be acceptable. We will no longer accept your doctor's statement as proof of illness, as we believe that if you are well enough to go to the doctor, you are well enough to come to work.

2. LEAVE OF ABSENCE FOR AN OPERATION: We are no longer allowing this practice. We wish to discourage any thoughts that you may not need all of whatever you have, and you should not consider having anything removed. We hired you as you are, and to have anything removed certainly makes you less than we bargained for.

3. DEATH, OTHER THAN YOUR OWN: This is no excuse. If you can arrange for funeral services to be held late in the afternoon, however, we can let you off a half-hour early, provided it is for an immediate family member and all your work is up to date.

4. DEATH, YOUR OWN: This will be accepted as an excuse, but we expect at least two weeks notice, as we feel it is your duty to train some0one else to do your job. By the way, if you die on the job, please fall over so we can tell the live workers from the dead ones.

5. PERSONAL HYGIENE: Entirely too much time is being spent in the washrooms. In the future, you will follow the practice of going in alphabetical order, for instance, those with surnames beginning with "A" will be allowed to go from 9:00-9:05, and so on. If you are unable to go at your appointed time, it will be necessary to wait until the next day when your time comes around again.

6. QUANTITY OF WORK: No matter how much you do, you'll never do enough.

7. QUALITY OF WORK: The minimum acceptable level is perfection.

8. RAISES: We understand the rising cost of living, but we expect you to work with us. No one will be considered for a raise until everyone over the age of twelve in his or her family is working two jobs and you have sold all your luxury items such as cars, refrigerators and school books.

9. THE BOSS IS ALWAYS RIGHT.

10. WHEN THE BOSS IS WRONG, REFER TO RULE 9.

Test your REALTOR® IQ

1. An Indiana Residential Seller's Disclosure form is not required if the owner of the property has never lived on the property and is holding the property for investment purposes.
a) True
b) False

2. An offer can be revoked at any time but only if the revocation reaches the offeree before acceptance of the offer by the offeree.
a) True
b. False

3. After receiving an offer on a listed property from a co-operating broker who has been offered compensation, the listing agent may unilaterally change the compensation offered in order to get the purchase agreement accepted by the Seller.
a) True
b) False

4. An Indiana licensee may pay a referral fee to an attorney who is not a real estate licensee as long as the attorney is licensed to practice law in the State of Indiana.
a) True
b) False

Answers:
1. (b); 2. (a); 3. (b); 4. (b)

Taken from Indiana Realtor August 2003

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