• 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 even bring in some accessories or extra pieces of furniture. When you’re interviewing different stagers for the job, make sure to check on rates per room. You may decide to photograph only certain rooms in the house, but you’ll win bigger with more pictures in more rooms. • 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.
OUTDOOR PHOTOGRAPHS
It goes without saying that your potential buyers want to see the inside and the outside in any online listing or property website that you have. If you’re going to show them, then show them! 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 pathways, the house, and around trees. • Trim the hedges. If there is one thing that helps to look like an abandoned hideout, it’s a runaway row of hedges. You can save the day by a quick trim to ensure the bushes are nice and even, adding another spark of life to the
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