“A Picture = 1,000 Words” Dept. No, I can’t recall every seeing another MLS listing with a crane in the foreground. While you certainly see plenty of listed homes categorized in “New Construction” or “Under Construction” that clearly . . . aren’t — that doesn’t appear to be the case here.Read More
Seasonal vs. Unseasonal Photos I thought this pair of pictures would underscore the point I made in the previous post (“What’s Under All That White??”). Alliterative-minded readers will note that that’s five “P’s” in a row — plus the “Ph” and “F” in the headline. 🙂Read More
Winter Wild Cards It’s a genuine dilemma for listing agents (representing Sellers): if you show a seasonally “white” winter photo of a home’s front or backyard, Buyers can’t really see anything. However, if you show a non-seasonal Spring or Summer photo, Buyers (and their agents) may draw the mistaken conclusion that the home has been for...Read More
Seasonal and Not-So-Seasonal MLS Photos In a normal Spring — which the Twin Cities most definitely is not experiencing this year — listing agents (representing Sellers) would be scurrying right now to swap out their wintry exterior shots for something more seasonal. This year, however, the Twin Cities is very much still coated in white — not...Read More
The last time I was an expert on “aspect ratios” — how wide something is relative to how tall — I was shopping for a flat-panel TV for my den a couple years ago (I recall something about movie theatre screens being wider than TV’s, and the ratio “4:3”). Clearly, however, the photo (above) is too wide, or...Read More
“Sell What You Have” Dept. The lead photo for this “For Sale” Minnetonka home certainly looks like a garage — but if so, where’s the access? Puzzler #2: is the listing agent really using the lead photo to show off the garage? (Note: it’s customary to use the first photo to show the home’s front,...Read More
