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More Of Getting What You Pay For - Listing Photos

I'm not going to beat this subject to death for weeks, but I've been showing a TON of houses this week and see some pretty bad listing photos.  This one listing actually made me laugh, so I thought I'd share it.  Again, my ringing question is "...why would a seller allow this?". 

Hey!  Stop giving me "the finger"...

 

Help...I can't see where I'm going...this makes me dizzy.

If you're looking to sell your home, don't chance getting service like this - give me a call at 717-799-0851 visit my website to sell your Lancaster PA home. 

 

 

19 comments • Jeff R. Geoghan - Marketing Evangelist and VP • October 25 2007 03:41PM

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All offices should put on a seminar about photography.
Posted by Victor DaGraca Myrtle Beach Home Inspections (Critical Home Inspections) over 4 years ago

Looks like the first one was taken from the car.  They didn't even bother getting out of the car  :)

These pictures make my job easier to explain why agents need my services  :)

Posted by Mehmet Met Dilsiz (FND Photography / M2 Real Estate Solutions) over 4 years ago

Jeff - Those are some pretty bad photos. I almost think that brokers should require certain agents to hire a photographer. We all know the agents that are bad at taking photos. Most of them list big money homes and then take photos like the one above from their car a week later. It is really too bad for their sellers.

Posted by Ryan Martin - Bellingham Commercial RE Broker (Windermere Real Estate / Whatcom Inc.) over 4 years ago
Jeff, Some people need to take photography 101.
Posted by Camarillo CA Real Estate Agent/ Mana Tulberg (805 County Real Estate) over 4 years ago
Jeff- Oh well, everything happens for a reason and maybe all these bad photos are a blessing for you; after all you are a great photographer and that is one of the talents you bring to the table, so get your planner out, look at when these were listed, figure out how long this agents takes listings for, mark on your planner at that time to check and see if it shows up on your expired list, then go for it, with all of this ammunition. Katerina
Posted by Nestor & Katerina Gasset Realtors® Wellington Florida Homes For Sale (International Properties and Investments, Inc.) over 4 years ago
I try to do a good job with my photos and it seems I get the sellers that want good pictures.  What steams me is when a listing expires and the seller relists with another agent they put up lousy pictures.  Where is that seller that gave me a hard time? 
Posted by Gene Allen Realtor Hampton Roads Real Estate (Resh Realty Group) over 4 years ago
Victor  - now THAT is an idea that I've never heard done in an office.
Posted by Jeff R. Geoghan - Marketing Evangelist and VP (Coldwell Banker Select Professionals) over 4 years ago
Met - knock yourself out!
Posted by Jeff R. Geoghan - Marketing Evangelist and VP (Coldwell Banker Select Professionals) over 4 years ago
Ryan - thanks for visiting!   I just don't understand why sellers do not revolt...
Posted by Jeff R. Geoghan - Marketing Evangelist and VP (Coldwell Banker Select Professionals) over 4 years ago
Hi Mana - agreed!
Posted by Jeff R. Geoghan - Marketing Evangelist and VP (Coldwell Banker Select Professionals) over 4 years ago
Good plan, Katerina.  Multiply this times hundreds?
Posted by Jeff R. Geoghan - Marketing Evangelist and VP (Coldwell Banker Select Professionals) over 4 years ago
Gene - most sellers just don't seem to make the connection between the marketing value of great pics and getting a contract.  Maybe people are still living in the sellers market days.
Posted by Jeff R. Geoghan - Marketing Evangelist and VP (Coldwell Banker Select Professionals) over 4 years ago
link to "sell your Lancaster PA home." leads to wrong website or I guess site is under development. Anyway, I like your site and information you provide. 
Posted by Sanjay over 4 years ago
Oh my.  What are agents thinking.  I have agree sometimes we don't get a great photo and sometimes sellers don't help.  (Like the day I told a seller I would come out and they decided to tear apart their landscaping!)  Oh my.  Had to have a picture to get into the MLS and they wanted it in now.  I have since taken a new one, but if I wasn't enhanced Realtor.com, that picture would have followed that listing forever!
Posted by Kim Peasley-Parker (AgentOwned Realty, Heritage Group, Inc.) over 4 years ago
Sanjay - thanks for commenting and the reminder!  I fixed the link...
Posted by Jeff R. Geoghan - Marketing Evangelist and VP (Coldwell Banker Select Professionals) over 4 years ago
Kim - great point - we have to work with the sellers and prepare them for the photo session.  It won't "just happen".
Posted by Jeff R. Geoghan - Marketing Evangelist and VP (Coldwell Banker Select Professionals) over 4 years ago
Why not? Just more listings for you to go after. If you go after 100's; you'll get about 20 of them! Katerina
Posted by Nestor & Katerina Gasset Realtors® Wellington Florida Homes For Sale (International Properties and Investments, Inc.) over 4 years ago

Jeff~ 

And I think the same challenge exists at localism.com in the advertising section. Have you looked at some of those shots lately?

Posted by Asheville NC Properties of Enduring Excellence over 4 years ago

Hey Jeff, are you sure folks in your area don't have brown, dried up grass at the top of their "must have" list?  An it's almost Halloween, that's the reason for the dark, spoooooky rooms. 

Posted by Kate Elim, Realtor® 540-226-1964 Selling Homes & Land at LAKE ANNA over 4 years ago

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