The Top 10 Things MLS Photos Should NEVER Include

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Home Stager with Owner, The Refreshed Home White Plains NY

So many MLS photo faux-pas can be easily eliminated with a little time and attention. Atlanta Home Stager Kathy Nielson of put a great list together here-thanks Kathy!

Original content by Kathy Nielsen

The Top 10 Things MLS Photos Should NEVER Include:

  1. Trash cans - Inside and outside. Let's face it, trash cans are not appealing. 
  2. Cars in driveways - I once viewed pictures on the Internet only to relay back to the seller that I know what his license plate number was. He wasn't happy.
  3. Cars in garages - A garage will look far more spacious without the cars.
  4. Unmade beds - Buyers are beginning their search for their home on the Internet. Your unmade bed will hardly draw the buyers into the home.
  5. Tissue boxes, sprays, toilet bowl scrubbers in the bathrooms. 
  6. Pets - Your pets are not for sale. Your house is.
  7. Dead plants - they're simply not the most attractive thing. On top of that, it shows a sign of neglect.
  8. Names on walls - sure the room may be theirs now. However, you want buyers to envision it being their room
  9. People - They, too, are not for sale (smile).
  10. You, the picture taker in the mirror. I see this mostly in bathrooms. I get that most bathrooms are small. However, you can kneel to take the photo.
This top 10 things MLS photos should never include was created based on my own experience as a professional home stager in Atlanta. 

Feel free to add to the list!
 
 

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Comments (2)

Nick T Pappas
Assoc. Broker/Broker ABR, CRS, SFR, e-Pro, @Homes Realty Group, @HomesBirmingham & Providence Property Mgmnt, LLC Hun... - Huntsville, AL
Madison & Huntsville Alabama Real Estate Resource

Marie, and it's surprising how many sellers or their agents don't follow the list you've included above....you don't want to see an unmade bed...really?  I think it gives the home that lived in look...kind of personalizes it...no?

Nov 02, 2012 06:13 AM
Kathy Nielsen
http://atlantahomestaging.net - Marietta, GA
Atlanta Georgia Home Stager

Hi, Marie. I'm glad you found the list valuable. Thanks for re-blogging.

Kathy

Nov 04, 2012 09:04 PM

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