Stale vs. Fresh Listings It can be hard to pull the (very) flattering photos of the picture-perfect home framed with blooming azaleas. That’s especially the case when the garden is a labor of love for the homeowner, who takes special pride in it. However, if that photo was taken in July, and those blooming azaleas have...Read More
I can’t say that I’ve stumbled across very many memorable Realtor captions on MLS. Which is actually a shame, because — when you consider that MLS allows 18 photos per listing, with space below each for additional verbiage — it represents a stealth marketing opportunity. But, I did like the one accompanying the photo above, titled...Read More
Table for Two Fifty Given that the Kitchen in this home measures 27′ x 10′, I suppose the longest the table (above) could be is 27 feet (make that 23′ or 24′, assuming you actually wanted to walk around it). Now, ask yourself whether that’s how long it looks. Nope, not to me, either.Read More
Save for a certain plumbing fixture, you’d scarcely know that the room pictured above is actually a Bathroom. In fact, it’s rare to use one of the 18 allotted MLS photos to showcase a home’s Bathrooms, if only because other rooms are usually, well, more photogenic. However, when a home has a Bathroom as appealing as this...Read More
Looking at the photo above, you’d think the far end of the Living Room was a country mile away. It’s not. According to MLS, the room is 22′ long.Read More
Layout Problem . . . Solved! “One nerd is an island. Two are a club. Three are a clique.” –Ross Kaplan, based on observing my 12 year-old son and his friends. Non-Realtors would have no reason to know this, but photos on MLS are designed to lay out horizontally. So, if you input 17 horizontal...Read More
