Before you hire a real estate agent, be sure to ask to see sample photos from their past listings. Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand warnings. (See 8 terrible photos here!)
When you’re thinking about hiring an agent to help you market and sell your home, it’s probably a good idea to ask to see listing photos of homes they’ve represented in the past.
When you’re thinking about hiring an agent to help you market and sell your home, it’s probably a good idea to ask to see listing photos of homes they’ve represented in the past.
A true real estate professional will go the extra mile
to make sure there are plenty of high-quality, detailed photos to help market
your home online.
At
the minimum, the photos should be well-lit, the homes should be tastefully
presented, and the photographs should appear to be taken by a professional.
Less than that, and you might want to consider looking for a new agent.
There
are, of course, major red flags you’ll want to look for in sample listing
photos. Consider some of the following:
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No owners
sunbathing in the pool in Speedos.
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No attic rooms
cluttered with personal massagers and ashes/dust.
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No master bedrooms
with lingerie models lounging in a red velvet four-poster bed.
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No bathroom shots
in which the photographer appears in her bra in the mirror.
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No pics featuring
the owners engaged in questionable activities in the background.
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No creepy dolls by
the fire place.
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Seriously, no
creepy dolls anywhere, not even in the living room!
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No stains of
murdered bodies on the bare floors.
Now,
it may sound like I’m joking, but I’m being 100% honest when I say these are flaws
seen in actual listing photos represented by real agents. What’s more, I can
prove it.
See every single one of the above listing photo disasters in this
slide show:
Incredible,
isn’t it?
Please, whatever you do, be sure to hire an agent who takes their
listing photos seriously. After all, you home is your largest investment! I’d
be glad to treat it with the respect it deserves. Let me help you market your
home the right way: email me at valerie@valeriemcconville.com
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