7 Mistakes Agents Make Shooting Their Own Listings

Shooting your own listings is a smart move when you do it well. The problem is a handful of mistakes show up again and again, and they quietly cost showings. Here are the seven we see most, and the encouraging part: five of them are fixed in editing, not by driving back to reshoot.

1. Crooked verticals

Walls and door frames that lean make even a beautiful room look amateur. The grid prevents most of it, and editing straightens the rest.

2. Blown-out windows

Bright white rectangles where a view should be. Expose for the windows and let editing lift the room, or hand it to us and we balance both.

3. Going too wide

The ultra-wide 0.5x lens bends the room and warps the space. Use the standard lens for most shots.

4. Shooting at eye level

Eye level makes rooms feel small and off. Drop to chest height and keep the phone level.

5. Dark, flat rooms

Lights off, blinds half-closed, gray everywhere. Open the blinds, turn on every light, and let editing brighten from there.

6. Too few photos

Listings with fewer than about nine photos underperform badly. Aim for the low-to-mid twenties at least.

7. The wrong first photo

The lead photo drives almost every click decision, and it should be the front exterior, never a bathroom or a detail shot.

Notice the pattern. Numbers 1, 2, 3, 5, and the exposure side of most of these are editing fixes. You do not have to be a perfect photographer. You have to shoot a clean, honest set and hand off the polish. We take it from there and send back MLS-ready photos the same day for a flat $100.

Fix your next set

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