How To: Make Desert Living Tolerable
Apparently the key to making living in a lifeless desert marginally tolerable is sports cars. Note how the imaginary rendered cars keep moving around so…
Articles by Marty E.
Slip-Slidin’ Away
You’re looking at the primary listing photo for a FSBO condo in Richmond, VA. I don’t “get” the extreme angle on the first shot, but…
Bedroom Motivational Material
Oooo-kay then. Not exactly how I would decorate my bedroom, but to each his or her own, I suppose. Perhaps the home is actually occupied…
What Happens Underground Stays Underground
Great find by a reader. If this home looks a bit… odd to you, that would be because it sits in a man-made cave 26…
¾-Million-Dollar Mystery View
Above you will find the primary listing photo for a $750,000 condo in San Francisco. No, I don’t know what we’re looking at either. Maybe…
[REDACTED]
This is the real estate agent’s version of “fix it in post.”
Palace For Sale, Slightly Used
Wait, are they selling a house, or the Palace of Fine Arts Theatre? Oh, wait. Apparently they’re selling a light fixture. I can see how…
Look Up, Look Down, Look All Around…
At first I thought the building was called “ACES.” I think that would have been a better name. Anyway, what’s with the dizzying shot looking…
Pile of Pillows
Listing agent: “This dark, grainy photo of a sofa covered in pillows will tell buyers so much about the house! It’s brilliant!” They liked this…
Hello. I am a wall.
You’re looking at the primary photo for this $186,500 condo in Atlanta. The most-attractive selling point of the home, according to the listing agent. Um….
Choo Choo Attic
What I love about this one is how the model train occupying the entire attic just suddenly jumps out of an otherwise perfectly normal photo…
Around the Corner
Seems like it would be a little difficult to relax in the living room when you’ve got a featureless figure lurking just around the corner….
PoolDog Not Included
PRICED BELOW CERTIFIED APPRAISAL of $3.5 million. Well okay, maybe if you offered them the CERTIFIED APPRAISAL amount, they would throw in PoolDog. Gotta love…
What What Nope
What. What. Nope.
Might Need a Bigger Fence
Odd choice… Normally listing agents don’t highlight the shortcomings of a property in the listing photos, but they are clearly showing us here that the…
Don’t TP the Teepee
List price: 7.2 million dollars. It’s bigger on the inside than it appears to be from the outside, though: Heh.