{"id":"dat-re-price-cut-from-original","audience":"real-estate","category":"data","technique":"context","title":"Calculate total price reduction from the true original list","free":false,"task":"Sellers want to know how much they've cut the price. Measure from the first list price in April, not the August relist (the MLS resets \"original price\" on a relist). Write exactly 3 numbered lines: 1) true original list price and date, 2) current price, 3) reduction = original − current = $X ÷ original = Y%. Plain text, under 50 words.","materialLabel":"MLS listing and history (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"MLS #48211 - 31 Aspen Ct (active)\nCurrent list price: $489,000\nOriginal list price: $499,000\nDays on market: 96\n\nListing history (from my notes):\n- Apr 3: listed at $525,000\n- May 10: reduced to $510,000\n- Jun 20: withdrawn (sellers traveled)\n- Aug 1: relisted at $499,000\n- Sep 15: reduced to $489,000\n\nNotes:\n- Two showings last week; one asked about the roof age (2009).\n- Neighbor's similar house sold for $492,000 in October.\n- Sellers ask: \"Are we way below where we started?\"\n- Next feedback call: Thursday.\n- Sellers are relocating for work and want to be under contract by January.\n- Comparable homes on the street have sat 60-90 days this fall.\n- The listing photos were reshot in August before the relist.\n- Sellers' lender asked for the full price history for their records.","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":3},{"type":"plainText"},{"type":"maxWords","max":50}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Trusting the MLS field","why":"The AI uses the relist price as the original, so the cut looks like 2%.","fix":"Add: \"Original = the Apr 3 price, not the MLS field.\"","checks":["r0","r2"]},{"title":"Not asking to see the work","why":"Sellers will want to see the math.","fix":"Add a line to copy: \"3. Reduction: $525,000 − $489,000 = $36,000 ÷ $525,000 = 7%\"","checks":["numberedItems","r2"]},{"title":"Getting pricing advice","why":"The AI adds comps and strategy instead of the answer.","fix":"Add: \"Only the 3 lines.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting. Ask for a total word limit and it often lands over it.","fix":"Cap each line: \"each line under 14 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]},{"title":"Forgetting where it goes","why":"AI loves markdown tables and bold, which show up as clutter in a text to sellers.","fix":"Add: \"Plain text, no bold, headings or tables.\"","checks":["plainText"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Names the true original","patterns":["april|apr 3","525","first list"]},{"label":"Asks to show the math","patterns":["show (the |your )?(math|work)","x \\$|\\bx\\b.{0,10}=","calculation","step"]},{"label":"Asks for a percent","patterns":["percent|%"]},{"label":"Sets a word limit","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","word (limit|count)","under \\d+"]},{"label":"Asks for plain text","patterns":["plain","no bold","no markdown","no formatting","no (headings|tables)"]}],"hint":"The MLS 'original price' resets on a relist. Tell the AI which price is the real starting point.","rubricLabels":["The original list price is $525,000 (Apr 3), not the MLS's $499,000","The current price is $489,000","The reduction is $525,000 − $489,000 = $36,000 ÷ $525,000 = 7%, with nothing before the first numbered line"]}