Like a bad accident, there really isn’t a way to avoid looking at these bad real estate photos.  I did not compile these myself, but I have certainly seen enough.  I guess the good news is that the actual room usually looks better than these bad photos-and some spaces are impossible to photograph and make look good.

I gave up on doing my own photos just to avoid such embarrassing situations.  I now hire a professional photographer on all my listings-it really is astounding how much better they  turn out.

In the meantime, enjoy the Valentine’s day real estate porn from SFGate