Pictures are worth a thousand....Buyers?
It's astonishing to me the number of homes listed on the MLS that are without photos. Perhaps even worse are homes that are listed with poor photos. We know from the National Association of REALTORs statistics that homes with a LOT of pictures are looked at more often and more closely by potential buyers. Let me show you what I mean:
Compare these photos:
With these:
The pictures in the first row are dark. The close up of the wood floor is, well, BORING! The pictures in the second row are bright and really show how large the rooms are (the second row of pictures are a house my husband and I rehabbed). Which house would you be more likely want to see?
In addition to pictures being used to market to buyers on the internet, they are also used to market to the REALTORs. As a seller you want the buyer's real estate agent to WANT to show your house over the hundreds of others that are on the market.
When I work with sellers I ask for to have the house for a couple of hours to take pictures and a virtual tour. I take up to 250 photos of the house while I'm there, and I only use the best ones. I use photos of the house on brochures, the MLS (which only let's put post 10 pictures), my TwinCitySeller.com website, my RealEstateWellDunn.com blog, Craig's list, Edgeio, Google, Yahoo, and 10 other websites I use to advertise listings.
In this market you have to put your home in the best light. Are you?