House Pictures for the MLS

[Alejandro Sosa]

Hi! 

I've been flipping houses with a colleague for the last 2 years. My colleague takes pride on the interior design and renovations that are done to the properties. However, when the house is done the agent takes the worst pictures known to mankind. As the project manager and investor, I'd mentioned numerous times that the agent could do better with the pictures, to what my colleague responds with "the houses are showing...". Now, I don't have an UG in Marketing but, if we want to build a professional REI company I'm pretty sure that the picture issue needs to get fixed. Everytime I see the agent in one of the projects, he seems to be in a rush. I take that as a sign of poor time management, my colleague calls it hustling. Now, I don't want to be perceived as an arrogant fool but, I think we could do better. Also, I'm not a professional photographer.

Now, I few things you guys might need to know.

1- The agent and my colleague have known each other before I joined the business.

2- I believe my colleague does not want to upset him in fear of straining the relationship. 

Finally, I don't know if I'm thinking too much into it or, it's something that it should be considered when uploading pictures in the MLS. I've attached two pictures. The first one is mine and the second one is the one on the MLS.

Please advise. 

Cheers! 

-A 

[Russell Brazil]

Professional photography is a must. Everything I see non professional pictures on the mls I wonder who is hiring these hack agents.