Comments on: Real Estate Photos and Videos – Quality Matters http://www.realcentralva.com/2009/09/28/real-estate-photos-and-videos-quality-matters/ Tracking Charlottesville's Real Estate Market since 2005 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:16:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Jim Duncan http://www.realcentralva.com/2009/09/28/real-estate-photos-and-videos-quality-matters/comment-page-1/#comment-28035 Jim Duncan Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:22:45 +0000 http://www.realcentralva.com/?p=4795#comment-28035 Leif - Thank you for stopping by and commenting. It's a thin line to balance; if the pictures are unrealistic, then the purchaser may not have the psychological opportunity to <em>consider</em> the house if they shut down emotionally as son as they get to the house. If the kitchen looks bigger, the grass (literally) looks greener, the living room is brighter ... these things shouldn't happen. I showed a house yesterday and my buyers said that the house looked<em> exactly</em> the same as they did online - it was a million-dollar-house, and that's expected, but it was still surprising to hear. Sometimes a house is only as good as the pictures, but Realtors shouldn't try to make it look artificially better. Joe - I absolutely agree. Leif –

Thank you for stopping by and commenting. It’s a thin line to balance; if the pictures are unrealistic, then the purchaser may not have the psychological opportunity to consider the house if they shut down emotionally as son as they get to the house.

If the kitchen looks bigger, the grass (literally) looks greener, the living room is brighter … these things shouldn’t happen.

I showed a house yesterday and my buyers said that the house looked exactly the same as they did online – it was a million-dollar-house, and that’s expected, but it was still surprising to hear.

Sometimes a house is only as good as the pictures, but Realtors shouldn’t try to make it look artificially better.

Joe – I absolutely agree.

]]> By: Joe Vita http://www.realcentralva.com/2009/09/28/real-estate-photos-and-videos-quality-matters/comment-page-1/#comment-28026 Joe Vita Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:13:59 +0000 http://www.realcentralva.com/?p=4795#comment-28026 Simply put, the listing agent should do all he/she can to market his/her listings as long as such marketing reflects an accurate presentation of the property and its amenities in a professional and thorough manner. Simply put, the listing agent should do all he/she can to market his/her listings as long as such marketing reflects an accurate presentation of the property and its amenities in a professional and thorough manner.

]]> By: Leif Swanson http://www.realcentralva.com/2009/09/28/real-estate-photos-and-videos-quality-matters/comment-page-1/#comment-28024 Leif Swanson Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:19:27 +0000 http://www.realcentralva.com/?p=4795#comment-28024 The main question is: Is the role of the listing agent to entice as many buyers as possible to visit the house (and maybe disappoint a few once there) or to weed out prospective buyers beforehand? In a tough real estate market, I think most sellers would rather have many visits. I was told in my real estate training that the agent's job is to market the house; once buyers show up at the house, it's the seller's job to sell the house (through cleanliness, neatness, staging, lack of odor, neutral paint, etc.). The main question is:
Is the role of the listing agent to entice as many buyers as possible to visit the house (and maybe disappoint a few once there) or to weed out prospective buyers beforehand?
In a tough real estate market, I think most sellers would rather have many visits.
I was told in my real estate training that the agent’s job is to market the house; once buyers show up at the house, it’s the seller’s job to sell the house (through cleanliness, neatness, staging, lack of odor, neutral paint, etc.).

]]> By: Joe Vita http://www.realcentralva.com/2009/09/28/real-estate-photos-and-videos-quality-matters/comment-page-1/#comment-28018 Joe Vita Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:36:57 +0000 http://www.realcentralva.com/?p=4795#comment-28018 Good take on the use, or mis-use, of photos in real estate ads. I guess we buyer agents need to carefully review MLS photos just as we need to verify MLS property information for accuracy. In the long run, however, we display our value to our clients when we uncover facts that have been left out or inaccuracies in information provided by another agent on behalf of a seller. If we do all of our homework and take nothing for granted we'll serve our clients as well as ourselves. Good take on the use, or mis-use, of photos in real estate ads.
I guess we buyer agents need to carefully review MLS photos just as we need to verify MLS property information for accuracy.
In the long run, however, we display our value to our clients when we uncover facts that have been left out or inaccuracies in information provided by another agent on behalf of a seller. If we do all of our homework and take nothing for granted we’ll serve our clients as well as ourselves.

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