Comments on: “My Listing Isn’t Good Enough for Pictures” http://agbeat.com/real-estate-coaching-tutorials/coaching/my-listing-isnt-good-enough-for-pictures/ News, insights, tools, and inspiration for business owners and professionals Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:13:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Nannette Saunders http://agbeat.com/real-estate-coaching-tutorials/coaching/my-listing-isnt-good-enough-for-pictures/#comment-33084 Nannette Saunders Sun, 17 May 2009 19:55:14 +0000 http://agentgenius.com/?p=11876#comment-33084 It is so easy to take the pictures and even videos. Including a video of the neighborhood is a great way to market the ugliest house in the neighborhood for the buyer looking for a great opportunity for instant equity. Many of the REO's on the market today offer this opportunity. Not finding a way to market a property is no excuse especially when there are so many resources out there to help. It is so easy to take the pictures and even videos. Including a video of the neighborhood is a great way to market the ugliest house in the neighborhood for the buyer looking for a great opportunity for instant equity. Many of the REO’s on the market today offer this opportunity. Not finding a way to market a property is no excuse especially when there are so many resources out there to help.

]]> By: Melina Tomson http://agbeat.com/real-estate-coaching-tutorials/coaching/my-listing-isnt-good-enough-for-pictures/#comment-31849 Melina Tomson Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:48:00 +0000 http://agentgenius.com/?p=11876#comment-31849 If a home is so trashed, that is a different buyer anyway, and there is no harm in putting up trashed photos. Those buyers are looking for trashed so they don't care. It's those nice homes with clutter or crappy home decorating, but the home itself is nice that are the difficult ones. I probably wouldn't take the listing unless they cleaned it up, or if it was a short term problem like in the scenario Ines talked about. I personally think there are very few situations in which no/few photos makes sense. If a home is so trashed, that is a different buyer anyway, and there is no harm in putting up trashed photos. Those buyers are looking for trashed so they don’t care.

It’s those nice homes with clutter or crappy home decorating, but the home itself is nice that are the difficult ones. I probably wouldn’t take the listing unless they cleaned it up, or if it was a short term problem like in the scenario Ines talked about.

I personally think there are very few situations in which no/few photos makes sense.

]]> By: ines http://agbeat.com/real-estate-coaching-tutorials/coaching/my-listing-isnt-good-enough-for-pictures/#comment-31824 ines Tue, 28 Apr 2009 04:59:24 +0000 http://agentgenius.com/?p=11876#comment-31824 I have plenty of examples where photos could actually hurt a listing. And I'm one who is very thorough about photos, staging, moving stuff and making sure spaces show their best possible angle. I have one listing right now that is tenant occupied and full of boxes and a total mess and the house is gorgeous. I'm waiting for her to move her mess before I photograph - for now only have a couple of photos of the facade. I have another listing occupied by an older lady who refuses to let me move stuff to photograph and it is beyond cluttered - only gets a facade photo. They are not REO's and they represent me - I give my clients instructions when I take the listings and if they don't cooperate, then I usually try to make the most of it and sometimes even cancel. Those listings represent our team and the way we market properties. Am I making any sense here? I do keep a library of photos though in case someone insists on seeing the unfinished product and at that point I e-mail them. I have plenty of examples where photos could actually hurt a listing. And I’m one who is very thorough about photos, staging, moving stuff and making sure spaces show their best possible angle.

I have one listing right now that is tenant occupied and full of boxes and a total mess and the house is gorgeous. I’m waiting for her to move her mess before I photograph – for now only have a couple of photos of the facade.

I have another listing occupied by an older lady who refuses to let me move stuff to photograph and it is beyond cluttered – only gets a facade photo.

They are not REO’s and they represent me – I give my clients instructions when I take the listings and if they don’t cooperate, then I usually try to make the most of it and sometimes even cancel. Those listings represent our team and the way we market properties.

Am I making any sense here?

I do keep a library of photos though in case someone insists on seeing the unfinished product and at that point I e-mail them.

]]> By: Carrie http://agbeat.com/real-estate-coaching-tutorials/coaching/my-listing-isnt-good-enough-for-pictures/#comment-31819 Carrie Mon, 27 Apr 2009 20:15:49 +0000 http://agentgenius.com/?p=11876#comment-31819 Well, what about a listing that looks GREAT from the outside, but the inside is full of junk? Not trashed at all, but if you take pictures of the inside, it's going to look trashed unless its seen in person. Obviously you'd post a pic of the outside, but do you post pics of the inside hoping that people will schedule a showing in spite of all the stuff, or not post a pic hoping they'll just think you're a lousy agent who won't post more pics? We have a listing in this situation - it's a rental, so it's not a problem of convincing the owner to clean it up... We have to work around the tenants. Well, what about a listing that looks GREAT from the outside, but the inside is full of junk? Not trashed at all, but if you take pictures of the inside, it’s going to look trashed unless its seen in person.

Obviously you’d post a pic of the outside, but do you post pics of the inside hoping that people will schedule a showing in spite of all the stuff, or not post a pic hoping they’ll just think you’re a lousy agent who won’t post more pics?

We have a listing in this situation – it’s a rental, so it’s not a problem of convincing the owner to clean it up… We have to work around the tenants.

]]> By: Alan May http://agbeat.com/real-estate-coaching-tutorials/coaching/my-listing-isnt-good-enough-for-pictures/#comment-31815 Alan May Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:13:28 +0000 http://agentgenius.com/?p=11876#comment-31815 There's always an image of the property that could be published, even if it is a dump. (a close-up of the entry... the yard... the view from the deck.) I'm sorry, there's just no excuse for a listing going 'live' without a bevy of descriptive photos. Matt is right, buyers want to see pictures of the property... TO DETERMINE whether or not they're going to even bother viewing it. There’s always an image of the property that could be published, even if it is a dump. (a close-up of the entry… the yard… the view from the deck.)

I’m sorry, there’s just no excuse for a listing going ‘live’ without a bevy of descriptive photos.

Matt is right, buyers want to see pictures of the property… TO DETERMINE whether or not they’re going to even bother viewing it.

]]> By: Lisa Sanderson http://agbeat.com/real-estate-coaching-tutorials/coaching/my-listing-isnt-good-enough-for-pictures/#comment-31809 Lisa Sanderson Mon, 27 Apr 2009 14:28:42 +0000 http://agentgenius.com/?p=11876#comment-31809 Sometimes I think that these listing agents feel that if they just get people to come through the door, somehow they will overlook the bad condition. Silliness. It is what it is, post as many photos as possible to attract the *right* buyer. I, too, have wondered about the different level of service given to foreclosure listings, and have also wondered if the marketing of these was turned up a notch would the sale prices be different? But I guess the agents handling these listings are doing such a huge volume of them that it is difficult if not impossible to do them right. Also, the cut rate fees being paid probably affect the level of service too. Sometimes I think that these listing agents feel that if they just get people to come through the door, somehow they will overlook the bad condition. Silliness. It is what it is, post as many photos as possible to attract the *right* buyer.

I, too, have wondered about the different level of service given to foreclosure listings, and have also wondered if the marketing of these was turned up a notch would the sale prices be different? But I guess the agents handling these listings are doing such a huge volume of them that it is difficult if not impossible to do them right. Also, the cut rate fees being paid probably affect the level of service too.

]]> By: Missy Caulk http://agbeat.com/real-estate-coaching-tutorials/coaching/my-listing-isnt-good-enough-for-pictures/#comment-31806 Missy Caulk Mon, 27 Apr 2009 13:38:31 +0000 http://agentgenius.com/?p=11876#comment-31806 Consumers like photos. Consumers pass over listing w/0 photos. Consumers find a home on our IDX site that has no photos and call us for more photos. Is that our job if it is not our listing to go take photos? Frustrating to have to tell them that is all the listing agent provided. Consumers like photos.
Consumers pass over listing w/0 photos.
Consumers find a home on our IDX site that has no photos and call us for more photos.

Is that our job if it is not our listing to go take photos?

Frustrating to have to tell them that is all the listing agent provided.

]]> By: Ruthmarie Hicks http://agbeat.com/real-estate-coaching-tutorials/coaching/my-listing-isnt-good-enough-for-pictures/#comment-31798 Ruthmarie Hicks Mon, 27 Apr 2009 04:18:00 +0000 http://agentgenius.com/?p=11876#comment-31798 I haven't had a listing that was so bad I couldn't take a decent photo of it. I agree that people want pictures. It's sometimes hard to find 30 photos...which is what our MLS allows - but if worst comes to worst, I do a few of the neighborhood. I haven’t had a listing that was so bad I couldn’t take a decent photo of it. I agree that people want pictures. It’s sometimes hard to find 30 photos…which is what our MLS allows – but if worst comes to worst, I do a few of the neighborhood.

]]> By: Steve Beam http://agbeat.com/real-estate-coaching-tutorials/coaching/my-listing-isnt-good-enough-for-pictures/#comment-31797 Steve Beam Mon, 27 Apr 2009 04:14:20 +0000 http://agentgenius.com/?p=11876#comment-31797 TRUE- Photos sell homes. REO, short sale or normal sale photos save time. It saves un needed showings, it saves other Realtors huge amounts of extra searching time and it saves buyers time. One photo isn't that tough, is it? TRUE- Photos sell homes. REO, short sale or normal sale photos save time. It saves un needed showings, it saves other Realtors huge amounts of extra searching time and it saves buyers time. One photo isn’t that tough, is it?

]]> By: Foreclosures and Short Sales and the Houston Housing Market | Houston Real Estate & Houston Homes For Sale http://agbeat.com/real-estate-coaching-tutorials/coaching/my-listing-isnt-good-enough-for-pictures/#comment-31796 Foreclosures and Short Sales and the Houston Housing Market | Houston Real Estate & Houston Homes For Sale Mon, 27 Apr 2009 02:59:48 +0000 http://agentgenius.com/?p=11876#comment-31796 [...] a comment over at   Agent Genius I made this comment about why REO’s and short sales are so poorly presented and marketed [...] [...] a comment over at   Agent Genius I made this comment about why REO’s and short sales are so poorly presented and marketed [...]

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