A list of homes for an Elmendorf ranch was removed from some internet sites after a viewer saw a rope in a photo.
Zillow removed the directory of a ranch for sale for $3. 9 million near Elmendorf from its online page on Tuesday, May 24 because of a photo showing a rope hanging from a tree in front of a reproduction of a nineteenth-century criminal on the property. A Pleasanton observer saw the photo while browsing the real estate directory site.
The list description is the same on most real estate sites, adding the San Antonio Board of Realtors (SABOR) website, which asks “Who hasn’t known the exclusive and iconic horseshoe door while traveling south on I-37 toward the coast?”
After crossing the assets on 21155 I-37 several times, Guy Williams and his wife asked the question and discovered the assets on Zillow, he says. Williams was then shocked to see the photo of the rope.
Details on the list imply that the 5-acre ranch, called “We 2 Ranch,” has a three-bedroom, three-bathroom home over 4,300 feet built in 1972, and can be easily identified through the giant horseshoe on its front doors. Assets also features a racecourse, a breeding fuel station from the 1950s, a breeding hall, a racecourse and tennis courts, and a criminal from the 1800s.
Lonnie L. Haller was listed as the owner of the assets in 2021, according to the Bexar County Assessment District. The names “Lonnie – Karen Haller” also appear on the horseshoe above the door.
The online list on Zillow for five days before it was removed.
“We were impressed. We thought, ‘I can’t, they posted this,'” Williams said. “Are you going to show these assets with the rope hanging from the tree?
Zillow removed the list an hour after MySA’s request for comment. A spokesman said the board violated its smart neighborhood policy, which prohibits posting “any other discriminatory, abusive, obscene, threatening or defamatory content. “illegal under the Fair Housing Act.
On Tuesday afternoon, I brought Redfin.
“Redfin does not tolerate hateful photographs on our site. We contacted SABOR to alert them to the offensive image, and it has since been removed from the [Multiple Listing Service] and Redfin. com,” Redfin said.
Redfin has since republished the list without the photo and SABOR also removed the symbol from its list. The list was still dormant on Zillow at the time of this story’s publication.
Zillow, like many other real estate websites, receives its posts through the MLS formula from third parties and publishes them automatically, meaning that classified ads whose content or images could violate regulations can pass.
“We immediately contacted the local MLS and removed the content from our site,” a Zillow spokesperson said. “Zillow expects content posted on our platform to comply with fair housing legislation and our smart neighbourhood policy, and our groups will be turned on. “out of action if those policies have been violated. “
Ellen Hagan of Redbird Realty stands out as a directory agent for the assets at SABOR, which was cited as the source of Zillow’s board. According to an email from a SABOR representative, the company did not know the symbol and does not verify the images. of their directories, which are loaded through the directory agents of the properties.
Hagan, who did not respond to a request for comment at the time of publication, was asked to remove the symbol via SABOR.