AI SCAM Targeting Real Estate and Photographers

New ads are popping up on social media about cellphone apps that can supposedly utilize AI to take amazing real estate photos. I show how these are being falsely advertised, and what is really going on behind the scenes. Below are links of interest:
My recent video on the AI threat to photographers:
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Online courses to learn Real Estate Photography:
LearnRE.NathanCool.com
Learn Pro Interior Photography:
ProInteriors.NathanCool.com
Expert Editing for Interior Photography:
ExpertEditing.NathanCool.com
Learn Pro Exterior Photography:
ProExteriors.NathanCool.com
Learn Videography for Real Estate:
ProVideo.NathanCool.com
My books on real estate photography:
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[@Pgleamy42]

This really is just an particularly sleazy example of the “race to the bottom” by competing on price. There is no way these services, even if they are just portals to a pool of editors, can provide quality or consistency with their work product. For realtors who believe it is acceptable to just snap iPhone picks for their listings, what does this say to their clients? It says they are cheap and will cut all corners possible when marketing their property. That is NOT a good optic for any realtor who wants to still be around in 3 years. You get what you pay for. We need to remember who the ultimate client is. It’s really not the realtor, it is the home owner!

[@NathanCoolPhoto]

I agree!

[@erictidmore8047]

Yeah they’re automating a photo mill. This is the next wave.

[@marcvloeberghs8179]

Thanks Nathan, fully right about these advertisings of Ford among others for flying cars. I am convinced that no machine will ever match human creativity, machines at maximum are only able to reproduce what you put in them. As so often scammers jump on these kind of hypes and the ignorance of the major public on these topics to set up their little business.

[@NathanCoolPhoto]

Thank you, I agree as well.

[@paulcarpenter3879]

Lets also talk about the optics of a Realtor that not only is a hired professional to list and sell their home but is now walking around with a cell phone snapping pics. Why not just do FSBO! I know Realtors and they don't want to do anything outside of their box, ie... floor plans (they could save money doing it themselves but choose us because they couldn't be bothered)

[@NathanCoolPhoto]

So true! Well said.

[@lawabidingcitizen1-e7f]

It would be great to see the actual results of apps or companies providing these AI RE photo services 😂 I have no doubt that somebody tried it already out of curiosity

[@NathanCoolPhoto]

I did mention in the video that one of my colleagues tried the first app I mentioned and shared the results with me. The improvements were minimal. And, it took two days to get the photos back.

[@Cinders7]

Informative and helpful. Thanks! Unfortunately my area of Bucks County, PA, is experiencing gentrification. Homes in middle class neighborhoods are being remodeled (even razed at times) with larger, nicer homes being built in their places. Quite often homes tend to sell so fast using unedited cell phone images taken by novices. Converging verticals, trash, bad lighting, etc is the norm. So I doubt there will be much of an AI market here. Lol.

[@sharonleibel]

As always, if it’s too good to be true, it probably is.

[@billb13]

@0:41 WOW! That sure is one heckuva disclaimer. Glad you got with your attorney(s) for that . . . LOL. Love it. Well done, Nathan! THX!

[@NathanCoolPhoto]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@vegasrealestatephotography]

as soon as your video ended, it was followed by an add for ai website design 🤦

[@NathanCoolPhoto]

HA! Gotta love it 🤣