Detrimental Listing Photos
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Lake Hills Renter
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 Detrimental Listing Photos (or, Why Your House Won't Sell)
I've encountered some really bad listing photos recently that are big detriments to the house from my point of view. Sometimes it's something wrong with the house itself, and sometimes it's just a bad photo. Either way, since I enjoy the Eastside Flops, Audacious Renovations, and Comp Killer threads so much, I thought I'd start one for people to share bad listing photos as well.
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| Sun Feb 08, 2009 8:32 pm |
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Lake Hills Renter
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Re: Detrimental Listing Photos
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| Sun Feb 08, 2009 8:34 pm |
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Lake Hills Renter
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Re: Detrimental Listing Photos http://www.redfin.com/WA/Bellevue/20-16 ... ome/501550 A good one from the Eastside Flops thread, and my commute to work. Anyone care for a game of shuffleboard...in the hallway?
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| Sun Feb 08, 2009 8:41 pm |
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Alan
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Re: Detrimental Listing Photos I remember the last time that shuffleboard house was on the market. I kind of liked the house...
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| Sun Feb 08, 2009 10:29 pm |
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Lake Hills Renter
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Re: Detrimental Listing Photos It's pretty much been on the market for over 3 years, with a few breaks here and there, presumably to get a new MLS#. The rest of the house is pretty decent, but in that 3 years they've dropped the price all of $25k.
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| Sun Feb 08, 2009 11:02 pm |
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Lake Hills Renter
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Re: Detrimental Listing Photos http://www.redfin.com/WA/Woodinville/19 ... ome/270448  Some great photography there. Why even upload these photos?
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| Sun Feb 08, 2009 11:15 pm |
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WestSideBilly
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Re: Detrimental Listing Photos Listing agents should really invest in a good camera and classes to learn how to use it. When I was more seriously looking at houses, easily half the pictures were bad and/or pointless.
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| Mon Feb 09, 2009 10:36 am |
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gortnerp
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Re: Detrimental Listing Photos http://www.redfin.com/WA/Bellevue/17225-NE-7th-Pl-98008/home/500451 The stained carpets, the drapes, and the picture outlines... priceless!
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| Mon Feb 09, 2009 11:42 am |
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Alan
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Re: Detrimental Listing Photos I actually visited that house. It has a nice view of Lake Sammamish out of the window in that picture. The original owners lived there until they died. It is now vacant and in need of updating. It has a very 1960's feel to it. It seems like a nice house, although I felt like the downstairs rooms were off kilter -- like maybe the house had shifted over time. But I wasn't sure about that. I might have had a slightly dizzy feeling for some other unknown reason.
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| Mon Feb 09, 2009 12:40 pm |
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Lake Hills Renter
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Re: Detrimental Listing Photos http://www.redfin.com/WA/Carnation/3171 ... ome/519678 What exactly are they trying to show here? That there's room for storage? The same photo is actually posted twice.
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| Fri Feb 13, 2009 8:07 pm |
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Lake Hills Renter
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Re: Detrimental Listing Photos http://www.redfin.com/WA/Duvall/14311-3 ... ome/441452  Nothing shows the greatness of a house like the dirt under the fridge or an empty TP roll.
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| Fri Feb 13, 2009 8:17 pm |
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Lake Hills Renter
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The Tim
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Re: Detrimental Listing Photos Lake Hills Renter wrote: http://www.redfin.com/WA/Duvall/14311-311th-Ave-NE-98019/home/441452 My favorite touch is the fly swatter on the bar stool. Classy!
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| Fri Feb 13, 2009 8:21 pm |
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gortnerp
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Re: Detrimental Listing Photos The Tim wrote: Lake Hills Renter wrote: http://www.redfin.com/WA/Duvall/14311-311th-Ave-NE-98019/home/441452 My favorite touch is the fly swatter on the bar stool. Classy! I am guessing that because there is no refrigerator, then the blue Coleman cooler can be listed as a "high-end custom appliance," right?
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| Sat Feb 14, 2009 5:08 am |
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EconE
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Re: Detrimental Listing Photos gortnerp wrote: The Tim wrote: Lake Hills Renter wrote: http://www.redfin.com/WA/Duvall/14311-311th-Ave-NE-98019/home/441452 My favorite touch is the fly swatter on the bar stool. Classy! I am guessing that because there is no refrigerator, then the blue Coleman cooler can be listed as a "high-end custom appliance," right? No...actually they would need this Coleman model.  http://www.acehardwaresuperstore.com/coleman-stainless-steel-cooler-p-67568.html?ref=42And Tim certainly wouldn't be laughing if they had this stainless steel flyswatter...  http://www.scandinaviandetails.com/PERS ... flyswatter
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