Well, it happened again. Another CC clarification on a PI. I stated the subject had missing shingles from the hurricane and uploaded the following picture. They wrote back saying they couldn't see the damage and told me to go take another photo. Can you tell it's missing shingles? Maybe there is a new fad of using blue tarps for roofs these days.

I hear blue tarps are coming back into style!
Or maybe blue tarps are now considered average for the area. They did a nice job with the tarp though.

You know I'm just joking...It's Friday. I sure hope they were looking at the wrong photo.

That's an official issue FEMA tarp put on by our federal government!

Come on, you know that you need to get up on the roof and pull the tarp back to take a photo of the roof with no shingles. Just kidding.

I've had a couple of weird clarification requests from them too lately.

I would not go back. I would take the image blowup the portion with the edge of the tarp and shingles and submit it as the additional photo.

Off the subject but being from CA I am curious. What is the market value of a house like that?

Mid to high 300's.

Ben, Maybe I'm playing Devil's Advocate but you cannot see the missing shingles. Maybe your comment should be subject appears to have damage to the roof as it is covered with a government issued tarp.

lol. I guess I was just assuming they knew what a tarp on the roof meant after a hurricane.

Ben,
I am laughing since I get clarifications from them and sometimes I feel that the people who do the review need to travel to the markets they review to understand them a bit better.

Zoom it in crop it, change the explanation and send it again... give the desk jockey something to do without spending any gasoline.

I cropped it. uploaded it as an additional subject photo and turned it back in. We'll see what happens.

Oops...

This post used to be a smart-alek remark about doctoring a photo... turns out it was in poor taste. "Close to the edge" was meant to be obvious understatement for something that would be obviously over the top.

It was tounge-in-cheek. I don't doctor my photos and I know Ben wouldn't. I don't suggest it. Bad idea. I do brighten them or improve the contrast from time to time and I crop all of them.

My best review call was a terse note demanding that I defend calling a parcel 40 acres instead of 10 and provide documentation. I did provide the documents... the appraisal and parcel map that they had attached to the order when they sent it to me in the first place.

DON'T DOCTOR PHOTOS... and don't post dumb jokes that can be missinterpreted.

P.S. No problem with the folks that called me on it, gentle correction is a good thing.

sounds more like over the edge.

About 95% of mine have to have clarifications. To me, this means double work! I am not sure they are worth it anymore.