Onion: I Wasn’t Going To Buy This House Until I Saw The Realtor’s Headshot On The Sign

The Onion skewers the real estate industry’s ubiquitous use of head shots. Here’s an excerpt and full link to the story.

But as far as I was concerned, the deal was sealed the moment I saw real estate agent Mary T. Ellington looking back at me from that Re/Max sign, her face just barely visible over the rampant weeds growing in my new front lawn. For my money—$256,560 of it, to be exact—there’s nothing like a poorly lit, oversaturated photograph to let me know that I’m working with a friend and not just someone out for an easy commission.