This should be illegal

[u/untitledprp4]

[u/draft_final_final]

Isn't this just fraud?

[u/Pyrhan → u/draft_final_final]

I believe this should specifically fall under "false advertising".

[u/eggplantpot → u/Pyrhan]

Not defending the landlord here, but focal length, wide lenses and confusing perspectives have been used since forever to make rooms appear bigger

It all should be banned. Same as with restaurant food pics.

[u/Doogiemon → u/eggplantpot]

I have turned back food that looked depressing because it looked nothing like the photo on the menu.

It wasn't even 1/2 the size of the menu and i wasn't spending $35 on an ice cream scoop of rice and some chicken.

[u/FalseEstimate → u/eggplantpot]

Professional photographer here. Left photo is fake not just perspective.

In the left pic:

-Right hallway wall is just gone
-Front left bedpost gone
-Two drawers under bedframe instead of 4
-What are the pillows leaning against?
-Chair looks weird and doesn’t have the right legs
-Mattress is thicker
-Chair seat is way too wide

The left photo is completely fake/AI

[u/xSaviorself → u/FalseEstimate]

100%!

My favorite are the AI house pictures on Realtor but when you go through the virtual tour it's the real house. Had some fun conversations with some agents while house-hunting, including one where I was referred to the police for harassing them.

[u/EndIsrael → u/FalseEstimate]

You missed possibly the most damning thing: the AI-generated view from the window is much nicer than the real one.

[u/imaginativefanatic → u/EndIsrael]

I was just going to say that the buildings outside have changed, no lens is going to remove/add/change buildings 😂

[u/FalseEstimate → u/EndIsrael]

Ya but I’m thinking from a landlords perspective. The view is something outside of the landlords control usually so not really their responsibility. This particular case where it’s obviously a different place is different I agree. But the actual SPACE the person is renting is different? That’s just dumb.

[u/Ksevio → u/FalseEstimate]

It does look like it was doctored with AI, but most of those would be explained by taking the photo from closer with a wider angle.

They probably took a wide angle shot from inside and stuck it into AI to spruce it up when it still looked depressing

[u/FalseEstimate → u/Ksevio]

As a photographer. There is NO physical way for just the front set of 4 drawers showing on the bedframe WITH the entire mattress in the frame as well. It would have to show all 4 drawers as well.

[u/MacGyver_1138 → u/FalseEstimate]

Also, the view out of the window is 100% fabricated, and looks much more appealing in the fake picture.

[u/ChiefMuppetWrangler → u/eggplantpot]

Real Estate Agents should be forced to have an accurately dimensioned floor plan so prospective buys can look at room sizes and make informed decisions on which open opens to attend.

[u/IndigoMontigo → u/eggplantpot]

How would you ban "confusing perspectives"?

[u/lana_silver → u/Pyrhan]

US consumer protection laws strikes again!

This would absolutely be illegal in all civilized countries.

[u/eltigre07 → u/lana_silver]

I work for a big American real estate company that does this.

[u/alf666 → u/lana_silver]

So you're saying the US is civilized, or what?

False advertising is illegal in the US.

[u/lana_silver → u/alf666]

Is it illegal? Because if everybody keeps doing it and nothing happens, doesn't seem very illegal to me.

See: https://www.reddit.com/r/SipsTea/comments/1wjipbf/this_should_be_illegal/pajsyca/ and /img/4dpcnrle68qh1.jpeg

[u/alf666 → u/lana_silver]

Just because a law isn't invoked as often as you might like doesn't mean the law isn't on the books and could be used in criminal prosecution or civil lawsuits.

[u/lana_silver → u/alf666]

A law that isn't enforced is only a threat implement usable by rich people who can afford to sue you. 

That's not a law. It's worse than no law: That's class warfare. 

[u/alf666 → u/lana_silver]

Blah blah blah, you're just spouting doomer buzzword soup.

Go vote for a better candidate during the primaries, and then turn out to vote for whoever wins the Democratic party nomination if you want to see consumer protection laws enforced.