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http://therealdeal.com/blog/2013/06/...g-home-images/
This Keller Williams agent was giving probation by his office for doctoring the pictures.
He was foolish to take out the real pictures and instead put on the MLS pictures of how it can look and other agents and clients came out to see a nice Town Home but the reality was not near what was shown on the MLS and clearly a violation of MLS rules and regulations. Not very ethical and plain stupid.
If he would have shown it on his own website as current and how it can look, than people may have been amazed about the nice looking pictures instead of being disgusted by the fraud of being misled.
I believe the reason for the investigation might also having to do with his remarks that he and his brother used to make false ID's when they were younger....I guess some people like to brag!
I really don't see the point of doctored photos. Buyers are going to see what the house looks like and if it was misrepresented, they are going to move on to the next property.
I really don't see the point of doctored photos. Buyers are going to see what the house looks like and if it was misrepresented, they are going to move on to the next property.
it would likely have been a none issue if, somewhere on the picture, it noted it was a rendering..
I imagine in that market, you have clients that are short for time, so if they arrange to make their way across town and up into a building, only to find out that it is misrepresented in the pictures.. I'd be pissed too.
I can't believe that no one is really surprised or ticked off that this "agent" got away with this for so long. MLS has its rules and regulations...what about ethics and integrity. Two commodities that, once lost, cannot be retrieved. That is no different than saying a 3 bedroom home has 4 bedrooms, "if you count the porch".....or that it has 3 bathrooms "if you count the toilet in the basement"....fraud is fraud by any other name. If he worked in my office, he would be gone and I suspect that his license would be suspended as well.
I can't believe that no one is really surprised or ticked off that this "agent" got away with this for so long. MLS has its rules and regulations...what about ethics and integrity. Two commodities that, once lost, cannot be retrieved. That is no different than saying a 3 bedroom home has 4 bedrooms, "if you count the porch".....or that it has 3 bathrooms "if you count the toilet in the basement"....fraud is fraud by any other name. If he worked in my office, he would be gone and I suspect that his license would be suspended as well.
I dont think they have MLS in NYC, but regardless, you are right..
I have seen numerous listings in my service area with 'shopped photos, but they clearly state that its a rendering.
this punk should make for increased ratings if nothing else. Didn't like him the first time I watched
him. He's connected to money somewhere and that's all he's got.
Koale
If he was smart about it then he would have put the original pictures on the listing and next to them the pictures of how it could be...but he was misrepresenting the property and brokers and buyers showde up and were under the impression that the property was with the doctored pics.
Listing agents in my coastal town routinely post photos of ocean views that required hanging off a side facing balcony and shooting with a telephoto to eliminate the buildings on either side of the tiny glimpse of ocean. The listing photos show nothing but beach and ocean when in fact that is a sliver of the entire view. Not photoshopped but done with the intent to deceive.
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