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Help! I think my head is going to explode!

It's been a while since I posted a horrible MLS photo for your amazement, so here's one for you. Honestly, it makes me feel like my head is going to explode when I see photos like these being used to market a home!

What are people thinking? I'd say more, but I'm speechless. Hello, anybody home????????

Horrible MLS Photo

Sellers, please don't settle for this kind of marketing of your home! The photos should highlight your home's best selling features, not make you wonder what that big white thing is on the cluttered counter that the guy with age spots on his hand is pointing to... Geesh.

Janna Rankin Scharf, AB, GRI, CSP, CNS, CLHMS, provides a superior level of real estate services to home buyers and sellers in Coeur d'Alene and Kootenai County, Idaho. Visit www.JannaScharf.com to search for homes in the Coeur d'Alene MLS for anywhere in spectacular North Idaho.

Janna Rankin Scharf, 208.651.9700 NorthIdahoJanna@gmail.com

Janna Rankin Scharf provides a superior level of real estate services to home buyers and sellers in Coeur d'Alene and Kootenai County, Idaho. Visit www.JannaScharf.com to search for homes in the Coeur d'Alene MLS for anywhere in spectacular North Idaho.

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Posted by Janna Rankin Scharf - Realtor Coeur d'Alene and North Idaho Homes on 12/23/2008 11:02 AM

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21 Comments on Help! I think my head is going to explode!

DEC

For Pete's Sake! At least he could have gone to the Zi Spa for a treatment before getting that club-arm photographed! Come on! I know someone who can help, man!!!

Photos like that drive me NUTS!! Makes me wonder if the photographer is blind.

DEC

hahaha, i love that one. He looks like he is pointing at the toaster oven.

There are some really humorous pictures posted on the various MLS. I don't spend a lot of time looking for them, but it does make me wonder what the agent was thinking when they posted a particular photo that just DOESN'T do a home justice. Sometimes, I think NOBODY was really looking at the photo when it was posted.

LOL!!! When I'm fried and need a good laugh, I'll often surf the MLS for the top-offenders for things like this and look at the pictures and the descriptions. It was a while back, but I was looking at a $3,000,000 listing and the agent wrote this in the remarks;

Traverteen floors, close to schools, to many upgrades to mention!

I hurt myself because I laughed so hard when I saw this. There is so much wrong with that description, the agent should have immediately lost their license. The pictures were priceless too. 3 pictures for a $3,000,000 property...2 of them totally out of focus.

DEC

Just makes it easier for you to get the business over those who market like they're third graders.

Erby - True that!

Oh my. Make you wonder if they even looked at the photos before uploading or just assumed they are an awesome photographer.

I do not understand how sellers can put up with this, better no pictures at all and you take pictures when you are previewing the property.

DEC

Bad pictures make me grind my teeth in frustration, but the truth is, most sellers don't check the mls to see what is being shown to the potential buyers.

LOL! I saw one the other day that had one of the owners sitting at their computer in the picture at their desk in the office. I mean it was right in the middle of the picture...

Janna - I couldn't agree with you more, it looks terrible, and what about the hand in the photo?

OK I am NOT a real estate agent, but even I know that this photo is comical! That is pretty funny! (but not for the seller)

DEC

Hahahahaha. Oh my. :)

DEC

I think the big white thing is a "set it and forget it" rotisserie oven. Looking at the other items on the counter, is that nasal spray? Is including the sellers presecription drugs in the photo really necessary? The responsible agent needs a slap on the head!

Morning Janna,

I believe some agents mindset is, "It's only a job!" without consideration of personal reflection or doing the best for the client... How or why they remain in the business is beyond me. Furthermore, where is the Broker? This lack of professionalism is a direct reflection on the Broker business attitude as well.

What you post about a home shows how motivated you are to sell it and to provide service to your clients. Those photos drive me crazy!

I think that is the funniest picture. I just love the pictures on the MLS that show the front of the house with cars parked in front so you can't even see what the front of the house looks like. One picture actually had a UHaul parked in the driveway and the garage doors opened like the owners were already moving. How's that for selling best features?