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November 18, 2016

Create Better Rental Listings With Better Photography

Create better rental listings with better photography and better descriptions. Here is a blog from one of our landlords with some suggestions.

I’ve got a bit of a bone to pick. Do y’all know how to use a camera, really?

Let me give you a bit of back story:

Recent blogs have mentioned my new found experience as a rental applicant. My best friend has relocated to my side of the country and is in the process of finding a new place to call home. It’s been a pretty miserable experience.

Like many of you, I find myself chatting about rentals, the housing market, and the latest HGTV remodel show with friends and family.  Most of us consider this a professional hazard and kindly oblige endless conversations and lease review requests with a smile.  How can you say no?

In order to find her the rental (home) of her dreams we’ve enlisted the help of Zillow and Homes.com in what has become a mind-numbing, tedious and dreary experience.

All the properties have started to blend together in terrible picture after terrible picture and poorly written description after poorly written description.

Leading me to today’s blog topic on how to create a better rental listing. I know many of you think you’ve got this under control but the proof is in the pudding.

Check out these helpful tips:

Create better rental listings and avoid posts

 

Create better rental listings by avoiding posts

 

Show the space helps create better rental listings

 

Create better rental listings with showing the space

 

NO grainy photos

Create better rental listings with better photos

 

Avoid your shadow

 

Create better rental listings by keeping your shadow out of the picture

 

Use light to help brighten a space

 

Create better rental listings using natural light

 

Clean up your mess

Create better rental listings by not leaving your mess in the photo

I know we aren’t professional photographers. If potential renters have no idea what they are looking at, how can they even know what your property has to offer.

Best of luck and happy renting!

Zillow suggests this.

“Finding the perfect tenant begins with a quality listing. The more prospective renters you can attract with the listing, the bigger pool of qualified applicants you have to choose from. While landlords hope for reliable, long-term tenants, turnover is inevitable, and you should be ready with a compelling listing,” according to Zillow.

Find out more about Zillow listings here.

Article by Arpola Admin / Education and Training, Featured-Slider, Landlord, Marketing, Rental Property Owner / ARPOLA, homes.com, landlord, landlord association, photos, potential tentant, property owner, rental listing, rental property, tenant, zillow

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