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I'd like more photos of that home [please]

Charleston real estate homes for sale... is probably the most frustrating thing that Charleston real estate home buyers have to deal with when searching for homes for sale.

Some listing agents do a very good job of providing lots of pictures (and virtual tours) so that anyone searching for homes will have a very good idea whether that home would be a good choice to either view or eventually buy. Others don't and I've heard from many buyers that they won't even consider looking at a home unless there were lots of pictures. And with so many available homes to choose from, you really can't blame them.

But consider this, if a home is vacant, at best, photos are going to be of walls, windows and doors because without furnishings, there is no dimension or perspective to the picture. So if you are considering buying a foreclosure, the trade off for a really good deal is that you might have to visit a few more homes that might disappoint because you can't necessarily rule it out by the lack of photos available.

Yet having said that, when an agent enters a new listing into the Charleston MLS, it should be ready for viewing with as many marketable pictures as possible and a rich description. There is no reason with the technology available today that any buyer searching homes for sale in Charleston every day should have to see an image saying "photo not available at this time".

Published Saturday, November 27, 2010 8:08 AM by Howard Arnoff

Comments

# I won't even look

If there are no pictures of a place, I discredit the listing and make no effort to find pictures or visit.  It really is that important.

Saturday, November 27, 2010 9:56 AM by Eddie

# re: I'd like more photos of that home [please]

What is really a pain is when your prospects want pictures of a home that isn't your listing.  I am not going to another agents listing to take pics, so most of the time the buyers won't want to go see it or I pull it from their list of houses they want to see. usually when there are no pics, there is a very good reason, the house is in bad shape and doesn't show well.

Saturday, November 27, 2010 10:01 AM by Realtor

# re: I'd like more photos of that home [please]

I get calls and emails all the time requesting additional pictures when people search for homes and of course, all the MLS listings that buyers find on my website couldn't possibly be my *personal* listings. What's interesting is that sometimes, the agent has done a pretty good job with the photos and yet some buyers want even more.

But I would visit a home and take lots of photos or even create a video for a client, but that service would be reserved for clients only, not just any inquiry.

I just noticed a million dollar listing that had 5 photos of the dock and didn't have even one photo of the exterior or interior of the home. In my opinion, the agent listing the home is doing an injustice to his/her seller with that minimal marketing effort (or they want to get both sides of the deal).

Saturday, November 27, 2010 10:41 AM by Howard Arnoff
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