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Re: Terrible real estate agent photographs

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Post by jahsome » Fri, Jun 30, 2023, 1:10 PM UTC

passwordoops wrote: post #68

jahsome wrote: post #16

An acquaintance of mine is an FBI investigator and moonlights as a higher-grade Realtor. He would use the same memory card and high end camera both during "stakeouts" for surveillance photos as well as listing photos for the homes he was selling. One day he uploaded the entire contents of the memory card to the MLS on one of his public listings, surveillance photos and all. I'm pretty sure everything was up for a few…

I err to the side of incompetence, but want to believe it was a deep cover op to penetrate an enemy org by making them think he was compromised and had to act as a double agent, immediately rendering him a triple agent on behalf of the FBI... Maybe I can moonlight as a writer in Hollywood

The entire scenario is pretty unbelievable, and played out like an awful Adam Sandler movie. If I hadn't witnessed it with my own eyes, I would have trouble believing someone with dueling top credentials such as his could possibly be such an idiot.

Re: Terrible real estate agent photographs

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Post by cableshaft » Fri, Jun 30, 2023, 1:12 PM UTC

passwordoops wrote: post #68

jahsome wrote: post #16

An acquaintance of mine is an FBI investigator and moonlights as a higher-grade Realtor. He would use the same memory card and high end camera both during "stakeouts" for surveillance photos as well as listing photos for the homes he was selling. One day he uploaded the entire contents of the memory card to the MLS on one of his public listings, surveillance photos and all. I'm pretty sure everything was up for a few…

I err to the side of incompetence, but want to believe it was a deep cover op to penetrate an enemy org by making them think he was compromised and had to act as a double agent, immediately rendering him a triple agent on behalf of the FBI... Maybe I can moonlight as a writer in Hollywood

Makes sense. Triples makes it safe. Triples are best.

Clip: https://youtu.be/8Inf1Yz_fgk

Re: Terrible real estate agent photographs

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Post by rplst8 » Fri, Jun 30, 2023, 1:13 PM UTC

WHYLEE1991 wrote: post #19

hospitalJail wrote: post #7

About 10 years ago, me and my wife took LSD on a vacation, and the sheer uselessness of a real estate agent appeared to us. What does a real estate agent do? They unlock doors. Who are real estate agents? We can all think of a few real estate agents, none of them are top performers. They are usually on their ~4th career before the age of 30. They are the type of person to wear a suit in public to pretend that it make…

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The reply was a bit harsh, but let's not act like the real estate industry isn't riddled with skeezy practices.

1) Home inspections that aren't really "inspections" and are just there to grease the skids 2) Buyer's agents don't have a fiduciary duty to protect the buyers. 3) Pricing "knowledge" that is typically public info, just locked behind access restrictions 4) predatory lending practices

It's a very incestuous market where the agents are friends with mortgage loan officers at banks, handymen, inspectors, and law offices that handle closing.

The fact that it costs somewhere between 10-15% of the value of a home to actually transfer ownership is highway robbery.

Re: Terrible real estate agent photographs

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Post by pelagicAustral » Fri, Jun 30, 2023, 1:14 PM UTC

wasmitnetzen wrote: post #76

We only have about two years left to explain this masterpiece: https://tmblr.co/ZATxmv1uEj_En

Over 9000 puzzle material right there.

Re: Terrible real estate agent photographs

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Post by WarOnPrivacy » Fri, Jun 30, 2023, 1:15 PM UTC

kleiba wrote: post #59

In my opinion, if anything, what makes these pictures less than ideal is the property itself which has nothing to do with the real estate agent. It's actually a net positive for potential buyers seeing all aspect of the object - what else should the agent do, hide unfortunate corners? Right, like anyone who actually cares to go and look at the property before buying it (so almost everyone) would not see these things…

> You might think this is a joke, and I wish it was. Unfortunately, though, this kind of thing is commonly found on real estate websites

The 2021 ad for our current rental had 1 interior picture. It was an old crayon drawing on wrinkled paper. The listing got 50 applications in the 2 hours it was up.

In that market, an ad that said nothing but 'Rental Available' would have been flooded with applications - every day.

It's less awful now. Many people have transitioned to homelessness and the rental market has eased up a little bit.

Re: Terrible real estate agent photographs

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Post by mjb » Fri, Jun 30, 2023, 1:16 PM UTC

altacc wrote: post #4

Finally, somewhere to share my a list of dubious property listings! In Norway agents hire house stylists to make a house look good. Airbeds dressed up to look like somebody just got up, magazine pictures on the wall, etc... often to a farcical level in a rundown house. On a similar theme is Zillow Gone Wild https://twitter.com/zillowgonewild and McMansion Hell https://mcmansionhell.com/

I viscerally dislike McMansion Hell. It's so mean-spirited and snobbish. People build themselves homes in the suburbs for their families to live comfortably and safely, and some jerks on the internet act all superior about how they have better taste. It sucks.

Re: Terrible real estate agent photographs

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Post by walthamstow » Fri, Jun 30, 2023, 1:16 PM UTC

So many of these pics are in Britain and for good reason too, we have some of the dodgiest and shoddiest housing stock in the developed world.

Re: Terrible real estate agent photographs

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Post by go_discover » Fri, Jun 30, 2023, 1:17 PM UTC

WHYLEE1991 wrote: post #19

hospitalJail wrote: post #7

About 10 years ago, me and my wife took LSD on a vacation, and the sheer uselessness of a real estate agent appeared to us. What does a real estate agent do? They unlock doors. Who are real estate agents? We can all think of a few real estate agents, none of them are top performers. They are usually on their ~4th career before the age of 30. They are the type of person to wear a suit in public to pretend that it make…

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New word: Intracriticnescient

Definition: A person who criticizes the group they are in, without realizing that they are also implicating themselves in the criticism.

Re: Terrible real estate agent photographs

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Post by nkozyra » Fri, Jun 30, 2023, 1:22 PM UTC

al_be_back wrote: post #42

That's how all photos should be - original, no editing, no staging; If I want excitment, I can Prompt a Generative-AI platform to create mind-bendingly-creative imagery. I've wasted so many days viewing flats/apartments because the Photos looked amazing, and the actual property was utterly awful. issues: - narrow/steep Staircases - very old photos (now the place a dump) - fish-eye lenses (or similar) enlarging the sp…

> That's how all photos should be - original, no editing, no staging;

The second entry at the moment is an example of really bad staging.

Re: Terrible real estate agent photographs

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Post by smugma » Fri, Jun 30, 2023, 1:23 PM UTC

jahsome wrote: post #81

passwordoops wrote: post #68

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I err to the side of incompetence, but want to believe it was a deep cover op to penetrate an enemy org by making them think he was compromised and had to act as a double agent, immediately rendering him a triple agent on behalf of the FBI... Maybe I can moonlight as a writer in Hollywood

The entire scenario is pretty unbelievable, and played out like an awful Adam Sandler movie. If I hadn't witnessed it with my own eyes, I would have trouble believing someone with dueling top credentials such as his could possibly be such an idiot.

Realtor top credentials? That made me LOL.