Camera Ready

Once that difficult decision is reached to sell your home the next question to be answered is "how do we go about it?" The preparation process is often started many months before your home is ready to be marketed. As experienced professionals we are well prepared to help you at this point. We are not examining your closets or basement for neatness. We are looking at the overall presentation of your home. What should be updated, what can be fine tuned, what can't be changed without a lot of money or effort? Should you be selling now? What is the market like for your home?

You then move on to the next stage. Organizing your home as it will appear to prospective Buyers. Successful marketing of a home entails conveying the essence of the property through pictures and descriptive words in the copy. Our job is to guide you and help you so that you get the maximum price for your home. With almost 83% of buyers starting their search on the internet, great photos are essential. Here are two different photos of the same room as shown on the website 37 signals. Which one looks like the house you'd want your realtor to show you?

A professional photographer who has been outstanding in taking photos which are compatible with nternet marketing and also invaluable in creating beautiful brochures is Fran Downey. Her company is Realty Graphics and she has put together a list of hints which helps you focus on "spiffing up " your home for pictures. Click here to read more of her suggestions.

If you'd like some suggestions in preparing your home for sale, feel free to give us a call or email us at mendhamhomes@gmail.com.

~Betty Kiser and Diane Tolley