enough light from the windows? Add some lighting to bring them up a level. Bright LED lamps off-camera or in the corners can add the touch you need. • Hire a stager. If you don’t want to go through the effort on your own, you can hire a professional stager who can come in to rearrange the furniture or bring in accessories or extra pieces of furniture. When you are interviewing stagers for the job, make sure to check their per room rates. You may decide to only photograph certain rooms in the house, but you’ll win bigger with more pictures. • Hire a photographer. Although you can take great pictures on your own without a very expensive camera, you might consider having a pro do the work. This can give you an even greater advantage over other sellers by helping to increase the perceived value of your home.
PHOTOS OF THE OUTSIDE
Potential buyers want to see both the inside and the outside in any online listing or property website that you choose to use. If you’re going to show them, show them right!
Before taking pictures, take these important steps:
• Cut that grass. Whether you do it yourself or support your neighborhood professional, give your lawn a clean, close cut. Get rid of some tension with your weed- whacker by obliterating those stubborn weeds and extra strands of grass along the edges of pathways, around the base of the house, and right up next to the trees. • Trim the hedges. If there is one thing that helps create the look of an abandoned hideout, it’s a runaway row of
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