There’s always room for Jell-O

Let’s talk about Bad MLS photos. On my desktop I have a folder full of bad or funny photos taken by real estate agents over the years and it’s time to bust them out. This one gets the award for least appetizing. Seriously I don’t know when it would ever be a good idea for a real estate agent to post this picture on a public facing site but then again who doesn’t like lime flavored jell-o?!

As a Realtor, I know that great pictures are an essential marketing tool to selling a home. They absolutely can make the difference in whether or not someone wants to see my clients home in person or not. So it pains me when I see a poor picture of a home on the Fresno Multiple Listing Service (MLS). I am not a photographer and I know it. I hire a professional photographer for all of my residential listings. His photos are beautiful, just take a look at some of them here.

Here a few from my stock pile for your enjoyment, more to come in a future post with some basic rules of ‘thumb’ that every agent or home owner selling without an agent should know.

STOP USING FILTERS! Don't even get me started on the overuse of filters! — STOP USING FILTERS! Don’t even get me started on the overuse of filters!

'The Thumb' and from a distance no less! If I had a dollar for every 'thumb' in the picture on the MLS I would be a rich agent — ‘The Thumb’ and from a distance no less! If I had a dollar for every ‘thumb’ in the picture on the MLS I would be a rich agent

"The Lean" - now lean to the left, now lean to the right, now... I'm not sure how agents even do this, I don't think I could do if it I tried — “The Lean” – now lean to the left, now lean to the right, now… I’m not sure how agents even do this, I don’t think I could do if it I tried

'Gandalf the grey' ugly road or? Maybe they were blocking out a thumb — ‘Gandalf the grey’ ugly road or? Maybe they were blocking out a thumb

Looking for an Agent that knows when to step aside and let the professionals do their thing? Let’s talk.

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Jason Farris

Head YES man at FresYes.com

I grew up in Fresno. Relaxed in its calm breezes, listened with my dad to the crack of the bat at little league baseball games when I was a kid and now take my son to do the same at minor league games. I broadened my mind at its schools (I went to high school right here at San Joaquin Memorial, and to college at Fresno State!) I love that if I drive for two hours in one direction, I can be in the mountains. For two hours in another, luxuriating on a California beach. I can enjoy the cosmopolitan atmosphere of San Francisco or Los Angeles, but still be able to come home to relaxation, calm, and quiet.

I love where I live, and I also love what I do. I'm lucky to be able to work in a profession in which I get to build relationships; one that has me meeting new people each and every day and helping them to build new lives in my beloved city. I'm lucky enough to work in a profession in which I can marry cutting-edge technologies and marketing techniques to good, old-fashioned, nose-to-the-grindstone work. I am lucky enough to work in a profession that allows me to work as an advocate for my clients; to use every tool at my disposal to get a job done well for them, and with as little stress and expense as possible.

I love my city. I love my job. One inspires my excellence for the other.

Fresno? I say FresYES

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