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HOW MUCH EFFORT DO YOU PUT IN TO YOUR LISTING PHOTOS? Not Everyone is an Ansel Adams

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Real Estate Agent with Heritage Oak Properties 01367027

As I search through the MLS looking for properties that meet a buyer's specific needs, I come across some very interesting photos.  I am sure we all do.

It amazes me how little attention some of our fellow practitioners pay to this critical aspect of marketing.  Don't well over eighty percent of buyers start looking for a property on the Internet?

Isn't it our responsibility to emphasize the most attractive aspects of a property in an effort to get more showings, and hopefully offers?  Granted, we can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear but we should be able to do better than this! 

 

Rule #1   If you put a greasy fingerprint on your lens WIPE IT OFF before you take the picture!

 

 

 

 

It's a LONG WAY to the wood stove!  But the hallway is narrow.  Maybe the cold air won't get down here very fast, or is that ice on the walls?

 

 

 

     Got flashlight?

 

 

                                                     

 

                                                     Is this a shed or the single bath?

 

 

 

 

   Staged by Fibber McGee (If you are not old enough to remember him,   look him up.)

 

       

 

 If you opened the car window, don't you think there would be less glare and reflection?  You might even be able to get the entire house in the shot!

 

 

 

     Some photographers use perspective to enhance their shots.  And then there is this offering.  (If you are going to use a wide angle lens hold the camera level!!!!)

 

 

 

  This reminds me of the fun house at Coney Island.  (New Yorkers will understand.)

 

 

 

 

  Is this an attic or a mine shaft?

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                And my personal FAVORITE!!!

Renee L. Norton
Birmingham, AL

I love your comments on the individual photos!  And like you, my favorite that Ii see on MLS is "no photo".

Jan 28, 2010 11:44 AM