Cheers to the Worst in Real Estate Photos
March 28th, 2008 categories: Home Buyers, Home Sellers
Fellow Connecticut Realtor, blogger and photographer/photo enhancer Athol Kay has dedicated his blog, ReAgentinCT, to revealing the worst that Realtors have to offer in his “Bad MLS Photo of the Day” posts. Nearly 365 posts later - a full year for the Realtors out there - the bad photos keep on coming.
In honor of a full year of blurriness, clutter and weird things on the wall, I’m paying a little homage to Athol. He’s made me laugh and links to my blog now and then. I owe him a little on-line love.
Here are my favorites, categorized by mistake the Realtor made (sometimes it’s Athol’s comments that kill me more than the actual picture):
Going Crazy with Photo Editing Software and Not in a Good Way
People for Sale?
No cameras please, I’m trying to poop.
I don’t dislike you…just your weird stuff.
I don’t know what it is, I just hope it’s completely dead.
Lighting, please.
Also available for rent… by the half hour.
Cluttered house, cluttered life
Agent Remarks: The entire block is willing to chip in for closing costs.
Bad Skills
My husband smeared Vaseline on the lens for my agent headshot and now I can’t get it off.
Why Is This being Photographed?
Skeeters can clear take a mans head off this time a yeer.
Sellers, you can learn alot from the worst of these photos. Next time your house is on the market, look at the photos in the Multiple Listing Service. Better yet, have your listing agent send you the photos electronically (via a slideshow or posted to a blog) and send them to your friends. If your agent send them to you, then they’re probably not ashamed of the bad job they did. If they send them to you and they’re awful, then make them hire a photographer and you may need a home stager.
Hi Jessica,
I just finished going through my years worth of photos to come up with a best of list. Now I come here and you did all my work for me!
Thanks so much for the link love, I truely appreciate it.
Athol
Athol,
I can’t wait to see your favorites. I was going to just do ten but there were too many to pick from so I scrapped that idea. I think my all time favorite is “leave a knick-knack,” although there is a special place in my heart for the pooping pictures (there was one of a dog in the front yard doing his business but I already picked the baby).
Anyway, congratulations and thanks for the laughs.