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Terrible Real Estate Photos, cross post

7 years ago

I posted this over at Buying and Selling a House, but i'm thinking folks here might appreciate this, too:

20-Hilariously-Terrible-Real-Estate-Photos

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7 years ago

Oh. My. Goodness.

Some of those were downright creepy! The pig made me think of Esther the Wonder Pig, and if you don't know her story, you should Google her and prepare to be delighted. Basically, she's the now-famous and much-loved pet of a couple of guys who thought they were adopting a mini pig.

Yeah. A mini.

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practigal
7 years ago
Funny, sad and undoubtedly true.... How some people choose to live really does amaze me. Sometimes I wonder if rather than clean up the mess that they have made they want to sell so that somebody else will deal with it.
carolb_w_fl_coastal_9b
7 years ago
So great! Thanks for sharing that & thanks for the laffs!
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teeda, there are strict guidelines. My MLS has specific guidelines about no people in the pics. Also no logos, no real estate signs and a few other things. My broker probably has guidelines, but I haven't been called out on anything except once: my professional photographer had his name & logo on the bottom right corner of the one set of listing photos (about 35 shots). I was contacted almost immediately by the MLS that I was in violation and would be fined if the pics weren't replaced without the photographers name/logo within 24 hours. I got a second set of shots without the name/logo and replaced them immediately. To me, children in the pics are much more egregious. Not you pal. You blocked the child's face. But the Realtor that put these in the MLS needs to remove the pics and understand why people don't belong in the shot. The broker of the Realtor should be notified so the shot can be removed or replaced with something else.
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amykath
7 years ago
Wow! Thanks for sharing I had a great laugh!!!
jakabedy
7 years ago
The pig. I can't.
cat_mom
7 years ago
OMG--I'm dying! LOL
roxanna
7 years ago
Still chortling. Sent link to my realtor son. LOL!!
aok27502
7 years ago
I recognize some of those from a blog with a very similar name. I've laughed at loads of them. I believe some of them come from the UK, and have some configurations that seem odd in the USA.
martinca_gw sunset zone 24
7 years ago
Funnnny! Thanks for posting!!
OutsidePlaying
7 years ago
The fact some people think this is perfectly ok amazes me. The pig? Really?
Anne
7 years ago
In my real life is my bedroom sometimes a mess? Perhaps. When people are looking at my home to buy it is gonna look like I have a butler and a maid following me around!
Anne
7 years ago
Thanks for this post. Some of my local pictures amaze me. My last agent refused to take pictures until 1 spot was touched up where a tv had been taken off the wall. She was right!
maggiepatty
7 years ago
I love these. I was just looking at listings the other day in my neighborhood and saw one with a garage floor covered in dog feces. I could not believe it.
elunday
7 years ago
There are now whole websites devoted to bad real estate photos. My favorite is http://terriblerealestateagentphotos.com/ because the captions are hysterical.

This was from last week:

The caption:

Here’s a photograph of a butternut squash who decided to end it all.
carolb_w_fl_coastal_9b
7 years ago
I believe that is the original site from the linked article in OP, elunday. It's actually hyperlinked in the article...
Fori
7 years ago
I'm not gonna judge the pig room. I don't know what kind of room it is supposed to be so it might be a perfectly acceptable pig-oriented outbuilding. The pig looks happy!

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