The Multiple Listing Service (aka the MLS). It’s where real estate agents upload information about homes for sale. You know, things like the size of the home, number of bedrooms, baths. Maybe some cool text describing the home.
And photos. Arguably photos are the single best way to share what a home for sale is like. Real estate agents search the MLS for homes for their buyers. MLS data, including large glossy beautiful pictures also shows up on real estate agent and brokerage sites like this one, allowing the public to peruse homes for sale.
Clearly the listing agent wants to present their clients home in the best way possible. Accurate date, good copy, and great photos are fundamental. Clearly fundamental.
It’s really not a difficult concept to grasp.
In this little slide show below, I present to you photos from two homes currently for sale in the Phoenix area. These are the actual photos in the MLS.
Two houses, both in Phoenix proper, though about 25 miles apart. They have one thing in common — both are listed by the same real estate agent.
You tell me, do these pictures present the home well? Do they make you want to go see the home?
Home Sellers — please, PLEASE, ask your agent to see what your home listing looks like in the MLS. Please. Do it for my sanity and blood pressure. Do it for yourself, and for potential buyers of your home.
Real Estate Agents — please, do your job. And put the toilet seat down.
Please.
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Maybe the homes are haunted by ghosts?
@Joshua Dorkin Or maybe someone ought to be fired. It’s embarrassing.
@Jay Thompson I was trying to give them the benefit of the doubt. Clearly, though, that is completely unacceptable.
@PhxREguy No reason a seller shouldn’t demand pro photos. No excuse for sloppiness like that. They are good for a laugh though 🙂
@redfinoc Better to laugh then jump off a bridge. They kinda make me want to do that too.
@PhxREguy Ha! You only jump off a bridge if it’s an agent that works for your brokerage.
@redfinoc They wouldn’t be working for my brokerage after posting something like that. 😉
@PhxREguy Exactly! 🙂
@redfinoc Yep, it’s embarrassing. And some wonder why we rate so low in much of the public’s eye.
@PhxREguy I see your point though. Gives the entire industry a bad name. Educate sellers it’s not okay to settle and we’ll come out ahead.
I saw a listing once with a photo of a toilet with yellow “water” in it.
That is wrong on so many levels…
A little vaseline on the lens helps soften the feel of the rooms. Or perhaps he came inside the Phoenix heat to super cold AC and it fogged up his lens? Either way it doesn’t say “come look at me” for buyers.
The toilet seat up is a pet peeve! Put it down people!!
These photos are quite a bad reflection of the agent and the seller. If you are marketing a home, you have a responsiblity to do your job. I know everyone makes mistakes, but that’s why you should have at least a second set of eyes and especially the sellers review, prior to posting to the internet.
Photos are very important when marketing your home and it should create an visual impact for the buyers.
When I see photos like this, I wonder if the agent would post the same low-quality photos if it were their own home for sale? I suspect the answer would be no, so posting them for a client who is paying for your expertise is just wrong.
Nice presentation. I am sure that buyers will find it easy to search those properties in the market.
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