{"id":6612,"date":"2009-07-29T06:53:48","date_gmt":"2009-07-29T13:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/?p=6612"},"modified":"2013-04-29T12:39:13","modified_gmt":"2013-04-29T19:39:13","slug":"need-a-little-green-ms-paint-to-the-rescue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/2009\/07\/29\/need-a-little-green-ms-paint-to-the-rescue\/","title":{"rendered":"Need a Little Green?  MS Paint to the Rescue!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Okay this is just too funny not to post.  Over in my favorite forum thread <a href=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/forum\/viewtopic.php?f=1&#038;t=2102\" title=\"Detrimental Listing Photos\">Detrimental Listing Photos<\/a> Everett_Tom spotted <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redfin.com\/WA\/Lake-Stevens\/5610-State-Route-92-98258\/home\/2632094\" title=\"5610 SR 92 Lake Stevens, WA 98258\">this gem<\/a> [<em>update: the listing photo has since been changed&mdash;<a href=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/ms-paint-listing-archive-cropped.png\" rel=\"lightbox[6612]\">original screenshot here<\/a><\/em>], where the (presumably) brown grass in the listing photo has been extremely poorly painted over in bright green in the only photo on the listing.  Shortly thereafter, I spotted <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redfin.com\/WA\/Lynnwood\/21429-17th-Pl-W-98036\/home\/2676097\" title=\"21429 17th Pl W Lynnwood, WA 98036\">another similar example<\/a> [<em><a href=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/ms-paint-listing2-archive-cropped.png\" rel=\"lightbox[6612]\">original screenshot here<\/a><\/em>], where the digital green spray paint is creeping all the way up the fence.<\/p>\n<p>One thing led to another, somebody <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/WTF\/comments\/95cw2\/museum_of_bad_ideas_ms_paint_your_real_estate\/\" title=\"Museum of Bad Ideas: MS Paint your real estate listing\">posted it to Reddit<\/a> where it subsequently made the front page, and before you know it, guess which two homes are the most popular in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redfin.com\/county\/2\/WA\/Snohomish-County\" title=\"Snohomish County Real Estate, WA | Redfin\">all of Snohomish County on Redfin<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 5px auto; width: 600px; font-size: 0.8em; text-align: center;\"><a title=\"MS Paint to the Rescue! - Click to enlarge\" href=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/SnoCo-MS-paint.png\" rel=\"lightbox[6612]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0; margin: 5px\" title=\"MS Paint to the Rescue! - Click to enlarge\" src=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/SnoCo-MS-paint-600x387.png\" alt=\"MS Paint to the Rescue!\" width=\"600\" height=\"387\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Who knew MS Paint could be so effective?<\/p>\n<p><b>[Update]<\/b><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/2009\/07\/29\/need-a-little-green-ms-paint-to-the-rescue\/#comment-79279\" title=\"Comment by Everett_Tom\">Everett_Tom strikes again<\/a>, pointing out that the MS-Paint-ified photo was just <a href=\"http:\/\/www.snoco.org\/app2\/propsys\/PropInfo05-StructData.asp?parcel=30063300100300&#038;lrsn=1043319&#038;Ext=R01&#038;StClass=Dwelling&#038;Yr=2003&#038;ImpId=D&#038;ImpType=DWELL&#038;StType=1%20Story\" title=\"Structure info for parcel number 30063300100300\">grabbed from Snohomish County records<\/a>!<\/p>\n<div style=\"font-weight:bold; text-align:center; float:left;\">Before MS Paint<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/before-ms-paint-sm.jpg\" alt=\"Before MS Paint\" title=\"Before MS Paint\" style=\"width:295px; height:221px;\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-weight:bold; text-align:center; float:right;\">After MS Paint<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/after-ms-paint-sm.jpg\" style=\"width:295px; height:221px;\" alt=\"After MS Paint\" title=\"After MS Paint\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Okay this is just too funny not to post. 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