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Any good Realtor is going to listen to you and take into account what you feel to be the outstanding features of a house -- after all, you know what it was that lured you to that house in the first place, right? You know things about the neighborhood that the Realtor might not be aware of, etc. Listing a home is definitely a collaborative effort.
Exactly! This time around, we are making sure to hire a listing agent that feels this way.
With out last house, we tried to tell our realtor to promote the storage in that house. It was the one thing that really made our house stand out from the others in the development. The builders had skimped on storage, so we had a large storage closet built. It was the envy of my neighbors. The Realtor didn't think it was interesting, she said the only closets worth mentioning were walk-in closets in master bedrooms. We really had to persuade her to use that to market the house, and once she did it sold to buyers who told us at the closing that our storage was a one of the reasons they bought it.
Also, our old house was near a kayak launch, but again the Realtor didn't think that was worth mentioning, even though our garage was tricked up for kayak storage and most of the homes in our old neighborhood didn't have a place to store them. She rolled her eyes when we mentioned this might be a selling point, but once we showed a photo of the kayaks in the garage, we got a lot more interest.
I'm sure Realtors know a lot more than I do about what sells in general, but there are also going to be things the Seller knows that might be a special selling point. We want a Realtor who realizes this.
Here it is 50 photos.
It depends on the property, as to how many I do. Generally want 3 shots of kitch, living rm, family rm, mstr bdm, mstr bath, entry, backyard, plus 1 or 2 each of other rms.
May also take photos from balconies, decks, close by parks/community pool, etc.
A small house or condo, will not necessarily need as many as a larger home, or home with beautiful views, pool, pretty yard, gazebo, etc.
And a good realtor should know what the selling points are about a property and be able to highlight them in photos and text.
I get around the MLS limits by doing an individual house website with no limits at all. I can write a book about a house if I want to. I can also put video on the site and PDFs and anything else I might want. In this era of cheap bandwidth and storage, the MLS systems should remove these silly limits.
I get around the MLS limits by doing an individual house website with no limits at all. I can write a book about a house if I want to. I can also put video on the site and PDFs and anything else I might want. In this era of cheap bandwidth and storage, the MLS systems should remove these silly limits.
Can also link in MLS to a virtual tour with unlimited photos or video.
Unlimited photos in MLS listings will seriously bloat the database even when they are resized. Photos are the single largest volume in the database, and the MLS keeps them for years. Active, Withdrawn, Expired, Pending, Closed, Cancelled. Lots of photos.
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