There’s always something to howl about.

TMI …and it’s application to Real Estate Photos

My latest couple of projects have involved a pretty intense look at the state of real estate listing photos. I have been working on some hyperlocal stuff in my brokerage where the listing photos have been a PRIMARY component of the site. I have also been working on a fun site with some friends that celebrates the best and worst of real estate listing photos. (Note to Athol Kay – not sure where your blog went, buddy…but I enjoyed it so much back in the day that I had to get some friends together and do something similar)

Ahh…back to TMI. Have you ever noticed that REALTORS often find that the most difficult picture to take is the bathroom? If you have a listing with a KILLER commode (and a professional photographer) like Christi Dennison (a REALTOR in our brokerage..) you can get results like this:

But for most of us, a) the “John” is nowhere NEAR that nice and b) the camera we use merely captures the top of the toilet tank and a sliver of the side of the shower. 😉

So WHY take the photo? Our listing photos are what attracts folks to see our listings, not unlike Match.com, Chemistry.com and eHarmony.com. Would you get a picture of your LEAST appealling ass-et and put it up there? Did not think so. 😉

I am seeing so many folks take listing photos like they are more of a disclosure of property condition than the “come hither” invite that they should be.

The bottom line?

So I have come to the conclusion that it takes a REALLY GOOD bathroom shot to beat NO bathroom shot at all. It is simply TMI.

Thoughts?