{"id":12975,"date":"2010-08-13T05:03:25","date_gmt":"2010-08-13T12:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=12975"},"modified":"2010-08-13T05:05:46","modified_gmt":"2010-08-13T12:05:46","slug":"tmi-and-its-application-to-real-estate-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/12975\/tmi-and-its-application-to-real-estate-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"TMI …and it’s application to Real Estate Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"

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<\/a> and worst<\/a> 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)<\/p>\n

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:
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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. \ud83d\ude09 <\/p>\n

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. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

The bottom line?<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Thoughts?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-12975","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-real-estate","8":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2069,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/2069\/cathys-drama-photos-from-the-whatever-it-takes-school-of-listing\/","url_meta":{"origin":12975,"position":0},"title":"Cathy’s drama: Photos from the whatever-it-takes school of listing","author":"Greg Swann","date":"October 19, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"These are photos from the listing I was working on last night. 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