Photo Dilemma – Grand Rapids Real Estate Market
We are having quite a controversy in our selling team about photos on the internet – and we would like to hear from anyone who might have an opinion. The “old school” of thought in posting photos of homes of a listing (both in print or on the internet) was that it should be a seasonal photo – in other words – if it is mid-January the home listing should have a snow photo attached to it (provided you are in Michigan) and likewise if it is mid-summer the photo should reflect the beautiful trees and grass.
The dilemma comes when you are marketing a home and you want to put the best photo forward to the marketplace and if that photo happens to be a fall photo and it is in January – do you go ahead and use the fall photo? Old school says that the photo should reflect the season it currently is – so that the listing does not look like it has been on the market so long. New school says just show the best no matter what season.
Question for everyone reading this Blog - which do you think represents the property better? If you saw a home with an off-season photo would you think negatively about it? Do you not pay any attention to what season the photo shows? Thanks for this non-scientific poll. Pat
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Pat Vredevoogd, Coldwell Banker AJS Schmidt, Grand Rapids, Mi.
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