Bad and Really Bad Real Estate Photos
By: Diane Tuman, Zillow Content Manager | July 11, 2008
It’s amazing that real estate agents and home owners allow really, really bad photos to be published as part of the real estate listing. I suppose a bad photo is better than nothing. Or, is it? You make the call:
- The blog “It’s Lovely, I’ll Take It!” devotes itself to “A collection of poorly chosen photos from real estate listings. With love.” [Hat tip to A Whole Lotta Nothing]
- Athol Kay’s REagent blog has a category “Bad MLS Photo of the Day” with some funny commentary.
- Newsday’s Real LI blog has a category “Retake this photo, please” which gives us really bad photos, Long Island-style.
Maybe a class by Larry Lohrman will save all of us from sabotaging our real estate listings.
- Stumble it!
- Categories: Friday Fun, Real Estate, Real Estate Oddities
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Bill Fletcher on July 13, 2008 12:49 pm
At first I did not think this photo was all that bad until…wait…in the toilet..is that…? Eeeeewwww!
Brett on July 13, 2008 3:42 pm
Brett Shaw from Cyberhomes:
Personally, I think that a bad photo will do nothing but deter showings. I can’t believe that an agent would allow that photo to be posted on their listing.
Hitting the Links | Redfin Boston Sweet Digs on July 14, 2008 2:11 am
[...] I can’t believe people use pics like these to sell homes. Here’s a suggestion: flush first! [Zillow Blog] [...]
Mindy Allen on July 16, 2008 1:25 pm
Yea, I think even no picture is better than a really bad one…if this is supposed to be showing this house in its “best light” I hate to see what the picture ISN’T showing.
Annie Becker at Lila Delman on November 4, 2008 9:32 am
I started a little collection myself…enjoy!
http://www.liladelman.com/blog/2008/10/photo-bloopers.html
I do have sellers who don’t have/use internet access. I can’t help feeling bad for those sellers who have these photos lurking and don’t know it. Of course, there is another category of houses who look worse in person than they do in the photos!!
Ralph D Bredahl on September 4, 2009 6:54 am
Maybe they are just trying to save water.