Buyer Agent Photo Albums. Otherwise they forget!

Are you a buyer's agent that shows clients homes?

Are your clients' brains fried after looking at 10 homes?

Well, take your digital camera (get the Kodak v570 wide angle camera for under $200) and set your camera to the LOWEST resolution. When you are in the place start firing away like a mad man. Put it on motor drive if you can, and turn OFF the flash (faster photos). If you know how to change your ISO put it to 1600.

The point of these photos isn't to be pretty, but to be fast. Many look like this:

Start with an exterior photo of a photo of the house number. That way they know that you have moved to a new home. Make sure to take photos that show where the walls end giving the buyer a better idea as to the size of the room. The listing agent's job is to take photos that look great and huge, your job is to get photos that look more realistic.

Also hit each closest. Take everything. Sometimes I'll have 50-100 photos of a house.

At the end of the day, upload them using Picasa's free software from Google and with one click, you can upload it to a public or private photo album. Then you send them a link to the album.

They will be very impressed and they will refer to it many times.

What do you do as a buyer agent to stand out?

Update March 13 2008. Now add your albums to a Wiki MLS, FranklyMLS.com Watch the 2 min video below.

Frank Borges LL0SA- Virginia Broker/ Owner FranklyRealty.com

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20 Comments on Buyer Agent Photo Albums. Otherwise they forget!

I love Picassa, and i also take a lot of shots, took 125 at my last listing.  Only used a handful, but then I usually only get a handful of truly special shots, the rest I keep in case the buyer wants them, if not I delete them eventually.

P.S. Picassa is FREE from Google

 Put de lime in de coconut and shake it on up.................

02/12/2007 10:55 PM by Downtown Long Beach Condos Long Beach Real Estate, Laurie Manny (Prudential California Realty)


Nice update. I havent started using it yet but it sure sounds worth looking into. I will try it tommorow. Thanks eric

02/12/2007 10:57 PM by Eric Bouler (Prudential Gardner)


This is a great feature for the clients because it's impossible to remember every house. I would only take pictures of those they are interested though...

02/16/2007 06:58 AM by Loreena Yeo - Realtor/Broker proudly serving Frisco TX Real Estate (3:16 team REALTY)


Thanks for the tip Frank, I'll check PIcassa.I agree that having a wide angle lens is the way to go. Even our eyes see much wider then the regular lens so it is more realistic. 

02/17/2007 06:23 AM by LLoyd Nichols~SW Florida Homes (Right Choice Realty LLC)


I curently upload them to webshots... how is Picassa different?  Or does any program like that do the same?

02/19/2007 10:20 AM by Central Oregon Real Estate | Thesa Chambers, Broker (RE/MAX Sunset Realty La Pine)


Hello Thesa,

I'm not sure how webshots works. Picasa is from Google and it is also a great software to view and maintain your images in a super fast organized way. Then in one click you can upload to either a Picasa web album (either public for all to see or private for just your client) or you can upload it to Ofoto (for ordering or sharing). 

02/19/2007 07:44 PM by Northern Virginia Homes - FRANKLY REAL ESTATE Inc


thanks - it sounds a lot like Webshots - I will check it out... thanks for the response

02/20/2007 09:47 PM by Central Oregon Real Estate | Thesa Chambers, Broker (RE/MAX Sunset Realty La Pine)


Good tip.  I was pretty excited about Picasa when it first came out and I never did anything about it.  Will definitely revisit that service now.  Thanks.

02/21/2007 11:10 AM by Brian Schwind | Chicago REALTORĀ® (Schwind Realty & Development Inc.)


Thanks for the Picassa tip!! I'm new to this

03/08/2007 03:44 PM by Deborah Richter (Century 21 Bowden Realty)


This is a great idea to do.  I have taken pictures for clients before and emailed them but that takes a lot of time.  I'll have to try uploading them as an album next time.

 Rita

03/08/2007 08:32 PM by Rita Taylor | Sanford NC Real Estate & Homes for Sale in Sanford North Carolina (ERA Ammons Realty in Sanford, NC)


I now have a Kodak and have been testing it.  I took a client out last week and she loved the idea that I was taking extra pics for her.  She wanted all the good and bad, which I gladly snapped away and set up in Ofoto.  The excitement on her face alone made the camera worth it!

Tchaka 

 

03/27/2007 01:47 AM by Tchaka Owen (Elite Coastal Properties)


Great idea---what a way to make the client love the way you do business! Had to subscribe to your blog after reading some of your tips. I don't want to miss anything!

05/29/2007 03:47 AM by Sandra Williams (Rancon Real Estate)


Hello Frank!

Honestly, I have never even thought about this....But, a great idea and wonderful there is a resource that I can use that makes it fast and FREE.

I will add this to my 2008 Buyer services.

I appreciate all your posts and have learned so much!

Moriah Martin 

12/27/2007 10:04 PM by Moriah Martin - Specializing in Helping Buyer's (RE/MAX real estate)


Frank you should consider a career as a professional "thinker"

every once in a while I will grudgingly take a few shots for a client but never looked at the long term perspective of doing them routinely. Downloaded Picasso a while back but never used it. I will revisit.

03/04/2008 11:12 PM by Anthony Saunchez~ Inland Empire & Hi Desert Real Estate (Summit Realty Group)


This Is so very cool. I will do this . My brain gets fried after 4 or 5. Thank You...

03/05/2008 06:31 AM by Sharon Harris (AllQuest Real Estate)


Hey Sharon, you are trying too hard to make pretty photos.

I can spend 2 or 3 hours taking a nice photo album for a listing. But for a buyer, I can take 30 photos in under 5 minutes. I turn off the flash and I just snap away. Nothing pretty, just informative. Each closet, up close of carpets, granite, etc. It saves you time in the future and the clients LOVE it.

Frank

03/05/2008 07:24 AM by Northern Virginia Homes - FRANKLY REAL ESTATE Inc


Thanks. I am new to real estate and I had the idea that you just shared, now I know how to make it happen.

03/05/2008 07:45 AM by Dana Forster Realtor, A Home 4Sale Inc, Va (AHome4Sale)


Good Idea sending it to your buyers if they get tired of looking at homes.

03/06/2008 01:05 PM by Ryan Vivo, Realtor Solano County Gateway Realty (Gateway Realty)


For those of you that have commented, visit the post again to watch a 2 minute video on how to share your buyer agent photo albums with the public.        

03/18/2008 06:31 PM by Northern Virginia Homes - FRANKLY REAL ESTATE Inc


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