All This For 6% Commission!?

Posted on March 10, 2008 
Filed Under Just for Fun, Photography, Real Estate

Is it just too much to ask for a real estate agent to spend a couple hundred bucks on a decent point-and-shoot digital camera and a basic tripod? Common now! On the average house ($175-$199K) a real estate agent stands to gross about $6000.00.

I can’t help but be amazed at the substandard work which agents and sellers seem to be prepared to accept when it comes to photography. If you’ve spent any amount of time looking at homes on the internet, you’re already aware that there are far too many lousy and useless images out there.

Just for fun, here’s a video I found on YouTube featuring some really bad real estate photographs:

There is just no excuse for that kind of laziness.

Not when there are so many FREE resources to learn the skills necessary to do a professional job. Here’s one that might help:

This tutorial from the Photography For Real Estate website describes the 10 most important principles of creating effective real estate marketing photos.

Download the PDF Here.

 

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3 Responses to “All This For 6% Commission!?”

  1. Eric Hundin on March 10th, 2008 11:48 am

    I found your blog on MSN Search. Nice writing. I will check back to read more.

    Eric Hundin

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