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Stop Shooting with your Smart Phone & Hire Professionals!

October 3, 2018 Blog

Have you ever known, or do you know someone who photographs their own MLS listings and fails to realize the importance of hiring a Professional?photographer-428388_1920 Real estate agents caution their sellers about the importance of the famous "curb appeal," and with good reason! They encourage them to tidy up and most times stage the home's interior. Then they come along, shoot some rushed photos on their smartphone and toss them on to MLS.

While curb appeal is the client's responsibility, Online appeal is the agent's or agency's responsibility. Agents have one chance to impress - a quick two seconds to grab a buyer's attention without a photograph, and you increase your chances to 20 seconds if you do. Do smartphone listing photos or those you take with a point-and-shoot camera take full advantage of those extra 18 seconds?

Why professional photos are a crucial part of the sales process.

October 3, 2018 Blog

When the average buyer looks at a listing online, the first thing he or she does is look at the images, this is a given.

Images are looked at first more than 90% of the time and the last thing any agent needs is a bad or an awful "ok" first impression that almost seems more alarming than the previous.

Some agents surprisingly enough may not even add images to their listings and feel that a description will suffice, however this agent is more and more rapidly becoming extinct as the market is actually to competitive for them to survive very long.

How much better can a Professional Real Estate photographer be?

October 3, 2018 Blog

According to a 2013 Redfin study, properties that are professionally photographed are more likely to sell within 6 months.

It goes without saying that the faster you can sell, the faster you can move on to the next property.

Bellow we have some images that will put it all in perspective for you.

Click thru these images to see the professional photographer's work VS the Amateur.

Agents stay extremely busy - Allow real estate photographers to help!

October 3, 2018 Blog

At the heart of it all agents understand that they can only take on so many responsibilities in the real estate practice before they start to neglect their clients "many times without noticing" - this all becomes increasingly difficult as they attempt to grow their businesses. It is the agents or agency who acknowledges this very important part of the buying experience that typically move to the next level.