Realtor posts altered photos of houses up for sale: 'It just completely wasted our time'

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  • Brown house surrounded by yellow and orange leaves, in foreground is wooden bench
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  • 'A local realtor has started posting AI altered houses for sale'

    Open my door and you will see million reasons to FALL for me! WELCOME
  • Here's the actual home they're selling. It's a lot duller and less blurry than the above pictures

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  • Here again, two AI photos...

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  • It can be difficult to even tell which versions are real! These are the originals, and they honestly look really nice, not sure why that much editing was required

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  • Now we start to see actual problems: the doorframe changes sizes, and they're altering the window size, too

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  • Here's what it actually looks like: again, no need to AI generate a photo that already looks perfectly fine

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  • They posted two versions: the Al altered listing and then the actual photos of the house in a completely different listing. It's frustrating that this is starting to become normalized!
  • Surely this can't be allowed, right?

    Competitive-Rent-476 i hate this too.. i wish we could report them because it's misleading
  • hashtagitslit OP I'm not sure how realtor associations work but god do I hope they make some industry standards that prevent this from being common in the future
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  • EdenCapwell How is this not considered some form of false advertising?
  • ToTheTop24 As a realtor I'll tell you this isn't just mildly infuriating, this is also unethical and misleading. This would be a violation of real estate law in most states. Al cannot be used to misrepresent a property or create features that don't exist.
  • Edit: This got a big response so just to clarify, virtual staging is allowed. That is different. Also to everyone messaging me, yes I can help you buy or sell a home in Southern California. If you are located elsewhere, I can refer you to a well rated realtor. I just have not had a chance to respond to everyone yet.
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  • StalkingApache I remember the last time I was looking for a home how ped off I was getting. I'd see pictures of homes, we'd go to look and the home looked like dog sh compared to the pictures. It happened with 15 or so houses we went to look at.
  • It completely wasted our time. At the time it wasn't Al, just professional photographers who were great at their job but it really was obnoxious. I don't think they should be able to edit pictures so much that the house looks completely different when you go see it.

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