“Is it Live . . . or is it Memorex?”

I just tripped across a new Fern Hill listing with the lead photo reproduced above.

Is it just me, or is the grass too green, the sky too blue? (not to mention uniform).

At the very least, this photo looks heavily doctored/colorized; at worst, it’s a computer simulation.

The clincher?

The listing is a FSBO (“For Sale By Owner”), which means the non-Realtor Seller doesn’t know the MLS rules — or that they’re breaking them.

Update: When I’m wrong, I’m wrong: I drove by the house this morning, and it sure looks a lot like the the photo above (the new, white siding gives it a bit of a surreal look; the new roof really does look that uniform; and yes, the grass is perfectly green).

About the author

Ross Kaplan has 19+ years experience selling real estate all over the Twin Cities. He is also a 12-time consecutive "Super Real Estate Agent," as determined by Mpls. - St. Paul Magazine and Twin Cities Business Magazine. Prior to becoming a Realtor, Ross was an attorney (corporate law), CPA, and entrepreneur. He holds an economics degree from Stanford.

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