Ahem! Excuse me, it is 95 degrees outside and the heat index is over 100 degrees...did you know the photos of your home in the multiple list service show your home surrounded by snow?
Photos are important selling a home today, more and more buyers look at photos before or even if they read the description of the house. Many multiple list services and websites are allowing more and higher quality photos as well, so quality and content of photos is important.
You can tell a story with photos, show a little of the neighborhood, the character of the home, the lifestyle the new owner can have, but you need some variety. Listings that have their photos all taken from the top right hand corner of a room looking down is not a natural way to see a room. Neither is taking them all at the height of your children, yes one or two of these can give a different perspective, but too many is too much of a good thing.
Editing photos for color and contrast is great as well and there have been many good blogs about doing that, but please keep photos up to date. It makes you wonder how often the agent goes by the listing when you see the snow piled up. What often amazes me with these listings as well is that the agent remarks say, "agent related to seller", a good reason to list with someone out of the family.
Also the buyer is buying your home, not your furniture, so photos of rooms need to show the room, not the furniture or the carpets. Bathrooms, keep the toilet lid down... and if possible avoid it all together.
Maybe, clean and de-clutter before the photos as well. We can use 36 photos for each of our listings on our website, it gives us the opportunity to share different views of each room and of the surrounding neighborhood. It allows my virtual tour to be different to the 25 photos I am allowed to post in the MLS, and if they will also allow me to post the real video I take as well I think buyers will appreciate how this home stands out from others.
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