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So I listed my townhouse for sale 16 days ago. The realtor is my best friend. She helped me with the purchase of the new house, so I allowed her to list the townhouse.
Let me first say, I have lots of experience with real estate. I just bought my 5th house and I looked at over 500 houses between buying the fourth and fifth houses.
So trying to sell the townhouse I bought in 2008. The agent posted one picture on MRIS, which was from the 2008 listing. She was upset when I told her that I wanted a current photo, as I have since replaced all the landscaping and added landscape rocks. She argues that the photo is not the issue. She thinks painting the whole house and lowering the price is the answer. While painting will help. I only priced it $4k over what a two bedroom house just sold for. I am selling a 3 bedroom and included room to negotiate.
I disagree with her. I think one old photo is a huge issue. She should have 20-30 spectacular photos on the listing. The neighborhood offers a pool, walking trails, bike trails and play grounds. I think these should all be included in photos. I replaced the hvac system and hot water heater a few years ago. That was a huge expense that should be listed. I had to force her to add it as one of 3 sentences in her listing.
The house has a microwave but she did not list it. My argument is every positive should be included.
Granted I am not the most tactful person, but when you are dealing with a huge chunk of my money. I want you to put your very best into marketing my house. I am not a professional and if I am pointing this stuff out, clearly others are being turned off by the same things.
In my part of the world, one photo means extreme fixer/teardown, or possibly short sale. So that seems very very odd.
Agreed. In my world to. Something I said several times, in three different ways and have got resistance. I am going to tell her tonight that if she is unable to acquire the 20-30 pictures herself, to please hire a professional.
We've bought 2 homes in the past. Listings with only 1 photo were only really considered after viewing the listings that had 20+. I think some realtors think doing that forces people to go view the property, but in reality, it's annoying to the buyer and could save both parties some time. I and like another mentioned, I think it causes a buyer to assume the interior of the home is subpar.
Let me first say, I have lots of experience with real estate. I just bought my 5th house and I looked at over 500 houses between buying the fourth and fifth houses.
This sounds like you're probably a difficult person to work for/ hard to please. I'm just guessing and don't mean it as an insult so please don't take it as one.
So trying to sell the townhouse I bought in 2008. The agent posted one picture on MRIS, which was from the 2008 listing.... She thinks painting the whole house and lowering the price is the answer. While painting will help.
[/quote] It's possible you're both right. I definitely agree that multiple and updated photos are important. You may also need to lower the price and paint the house but I can't really answer that as I've never seen it and I'm not familiar with your market.
So I listed my townhouse for sale 16 days ago. The realtor is my best friend. She helped me with the purchase of the new house, so I allowed her to list the townhouse.
Let me first say, I have lots of experience with real estate. I just bought my 5th house and I looked at over 500 houses between buying the fourth and fifth houses.
So trying to sell the townhouse I bought in 2008. The agent posted one picture on MRIS, which was from the 2008 listing. She was upset when I told her that I wanted a current photo, as I have since replaced all the landscaping and added landscape rocks. She argues that the photo is not the issue. She thinks painting the whole house and lowering the price is the answer. While painting will help. I only priced it $4k over what a two bedroom house just sold for. I am selling a 3 bedroom and included room to negotiate.
I disagree with her. I think one old photo is a huge issue. She should have 20-30 spectacular photos on the listing. The neighborhood offers a pool, walking trails, bike trails and play grounds. I think these should all be included in photos. I replaced the hvac system and hot water heater a few years ago. That was a huge expense that should be listed. I had to force her to add it as one of 3 sentences in her listing.
The house has a microwave but she did not list it. My argument is every positive should be included.
Granted I am not the most tactful person, but when you are dealing with a huge chunk of my money. I want you to put your very best into marketing my house. I am not a professional and if I am pointing this stuff out, clearly others are being turned off by the same things.
Am I being demanding or unreasonable?
She works for you so she does as you ask or she no longer works for you and you find someone else who will do as you ask.
When it comes to business you should not be dealing with friends or family simply because some cannot separate their emotions for what they are being paid to do.
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