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 anyway at inspection time.
What I am used to in the area I currently live in, is much, much worse - and actual incompetence on the side of the agent. And what's worse, you see it all the time! Here are a few highlights:
- A total of five pictures for the property, all of which are of the outside, none of the rooms.
- Blurry pictures as if someone first had to learn not to move the camera in the middle of taking a shot.
- Severely tilted pictures, as if taken on a boat.
- Three pictures of some door (the same door each time, mind you)
- ...
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 where I live. I don't know how anyone can ever get traction - I guess it must be a seller's market.