Once you have chosen the real estate agent to represent your sale, get to know them. Try and deal with the same staff members each time you call and learn to trust them. Don’t be afraid to point out anything you are not happy with though, remember you are the customer and are paying for their services.
Make sure you're happy with the particulars on your property. Read the text and study the photographs, if you are not happy with either, tell them ASAP. Don’t think you're going to offend the real estate agent by saying you're not happy with his photography - if the property does not look appealing on the photographs, you won’t get viewers through the door.
Likewise with the Internet, if it is advertised on a web site, check the particulars and view the photographs and virtual tour.
Some questions to ask yourself:
- Do the photographs show the best of the property?
- Do they portray its size well?
- Is there enough light?
- Does it looking appealing?
- Are the rooms viewed at the right angle?
- Has the photographer captured the property’s best features?
- Are there things in the photo (check the reflections in the mirrors) that should not be photographed?
Of course, by now you know that before any photographs have been taken the property needs to be prepared for the market. This is not your agent's job, although some may give advice on items that need to be removed or cleaned. Their expertise is on marketing and selling the home, not in preparing it to be sold. For that you need a professional home stager or Realtor/Staging Specialist who knows your market and can make your home an object of desire for a large number of buyers. Need help staging your home? Re$ale Design & Home Staging is changing the way homes are sold in the Brainerd Lakes area.
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