The first place most buyers will go to start looking at homes is the internet: By looking, I mean search for places available in their area and in their price range. The main key here is that people are looking to see pictures online. This generation, with technology constantly changing, is incredibly visual. People like to SEE. Regardless of the generation, baby boomers or millenials, it is much easier for the average person to be able to view pictures of a potential home than to have to try to picture what a home would look like based off of a description or square footage.
With the being said, as much as pictures can help a person decide whether or not they want to go see a home, you should stop and realize that the pictures can be incredibly deceiving! This can go both ways: positive or negative. You could be viewing a home online and love it, and then when you go see it, you may find that you won't even recognize the house. OR there are instances where perhaps a realtor didn't take suffcient time to capture good photos of a property, and you could be missing out on great homes with features you never knew about.
Here's an example:
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Perspective is everything! Photographers are trained to be able to make anything look significantly better by altering the perspective, lighting, or color. They are able to do so using on site techniques with different angles, lenses, and lighting as well as using editing software post picture taking. The software capabilities available for photo editing today are mind boggling, but they come at a price.
Today's lesson: Take each real estate photo with a grain of salt. Some photos you're viewing could be a perfect rendition of what the home looks like, or you could be being deceived by a fancy camera lens or photo filter.
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