Listing Photo Consent Log.
An app idea for real estate agents.

What the search found

Who pays

Independent agents who list homes with tenants or multiple owners

The problem

Agents take photos of occupied homes and post them, then tenants or owners complain they never agreed. When a dispute starts, the agent has no signed record and has to rely on memory or a paper form that got lost.

The gap

Existing tools are generic form builders or photography apps. None store a signed consent record tied to a specific listing and make it easy to retrieve when a challenge happens.

Already out there

• JotForm Real Estate Listing Release Form jotform.com

  A generic form template for listing permission. It does not store signed records per listing or help retrieve them later.

  What else JotForm leaves open

• AutoMLS apps.apple.com

  An app for creating listing photos. It has no consent capture or record keeping.

People asking for it

• Tenant making image requests reddit.com

  Commenter says the tenant is an unrelated party and must obtain permission and a use license. Contracts always.

• RE want to use photos that include my possessions reddit.com

  Discussion about tenants withholding consent for photos that include their possessions.

• Can a realtor use photos of my house to advertise reddit.com

  Commenter says reproducing images of private properties without consent is a no-no.

The big assumption

Agents will pay for a consent record tool when a free paper form or generic form builder seems good enough until a dispute happens.

Test it this week

Ask 10 independent agents if they have ever had a consent dispute over listing photos and what they did. If fewer than 3 have a story, the pain is not strong enough.