{"url":"https://newsforagent.com/news/2026-10-31/relto-mls-photo-rules-database","markdown_url":"https://newsforagent.com/news/2026-10-31/relto-mls-photo-rules-database.md","title":"RELTO Publishes Free MLS Photo Rules Database for 49 Boards","headline":"RELTO Releases Free Database of 49 MLS Photo Disclosure Rules and Asks Boards to Verify","description":"RELTO published a free database covering 49 MLS boards' rules on disclosing virtually staged and AI-altered listing photos, plus a checker for agents.","section":"Product Launches","published_at":"2026-10-31T13:15:16+00:00","modified_at":"2026-10-31T13:15:16+00:00","author":"News Desk","key_takeaways":["RELTO published a free public database covering 49 MLS boards' rules on disclosing virtually staged and AI-altered listing photos.","The database includes a free checker that tells an agent what their board requires before a photo is uploaded to the MLS.","The Houston Association of REALTORS MLS Support team gave the first confirmation on October 30, 2026, covering RELTO's disclosure font and watermarking approach."],"companies":[{"name":"RELTO","is_primary":true,"profile_url":null,"website":"https://relto.app"}],"source":{"publisher":"PRLog","title":"RELTO Publishes a Free MLS Photo Rules Database and Asks Every MLS to Correct It","url":"https://www.prlog.org/13180295-relto-publishes-free-mls-photo-rules-database-and-asks-every-mls-to-correct-it.html"},"other_sources":[],"tags":["Product Launches","RELTO"],"body_markdown":"RELTO has published a free public database of 49 MLS boards' rules on disclosing virtually staged and AI-altered listing photos, with a checker that tells an agent what their board requires before a photo is uploaded. The virtual staging platform announced the database on October 31, 2026, according to [PRLog](https://www.prlog.org/13180295-relto-publishes-free-mls-photo-rules-database-and-asks-every-mls-to-correct-it.html).\n\n## How the 49-Board Database Works\n\nEach board in the database has its own page quoting that board's rulebook on what disclosure is required, where it must appear, and whether the original photo must travel with the staged one. RELTO describes the rules as conflicting: some boards require a label on the image itself, while others ban text on listing photos entirely and want the disclosure in the remarks. An agent who sells across two boards can follow one rulebook and violate the other on the same photo, the company said.\n\nThe database sits at relto.app/mls-compliance, and the checker is free. RELTO is a virtual staging platform that stages vacant listing photos, verifies each render structure against the original with RELTOLock, and ships every image with its virtual staging disclosure included, according to [its site](https://relto.app).\n\n## RELTO's Request for MLS Corrections\n\nRELTO is emailing every MLS in the database to confirm its summary against the source. The company records each staff confirmation on that board page with the date it was given and fixes any correction the same day it arrives. The first confirmation came from the Houston Association of REALTORS MLS Support team on October 30, 2026, which confirmed RELTO's disclosure font and watermarking approach for staged photos under HAR rules.\n\n\"Agents should not have to guess at a rule that can fine them,\" a RELTO spokesperson said. \"So we wrote the rules down in public, and then we did the obvious thing nobody else does: we asked the people who enforce them whether we got them right, and we keep asking.\"\n","publisher":{"name":"News for Agent","url":"https://newsforagent.com"}}