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Bad MLS Photos

3 December, 2009 (15:58) | Foreclosures and Short Sales, MLS Compliment & Criticism, Personal Experiences, Useless Ramblings | By: Aaron Dickinson - Edina Realty

I wanted to show you just a sampling of the bad photos I see online each day but since they are the property of the agent that took them, I would need to call and ask them for permission.  Could you imagine that call?

Uh hi, my name is Aaron Dickinson and I am blogging about the aweful photos I see on the MLS every day and I’d like to feature one of your photos.  Do you mind?

I’m guessing that I’d be told to go do something to myself and promptly hung up on.

My biggest pet peeve is when there are no interior photos or the photos are so blurry that you cannot make out much.  This is especially annoying on high-end homes that are really set apart by their details and not simply: “here is a bedroom.”

I wonder how many sellers of these listings know how bad their house is being advertised…

If you want some examples, other agents have created blogs about this topic and included photos… to their potential peril someday in the future.

Comments

Comment from Beck
Time December 3, 2009 at 4:03 PM

This is my personal favorite:
http://www.orlandorealestatephotography.com/bad_mls/files/picture36.html

Comment from Ryan Ward
Time December 10, 2009 at 11:17 AM

Aren’t they the property of the MLS? I wonder if you could repost them as long as you sourced them to the listing….IDX regulations or something???

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