When you are listing your home for sale, it is extremely important that you use professional photographs – and that you are READY for the photographer.  Your part is to have the home ready – meaning your home should be clean, neat and staged for photos.  We help you stage your home and can provide references to cleaners and handymen and will help you through that process.  Then (and this seems obvious, but it is important, as you will see) you must be aware of when the photographer is coming to your home.

We are always extremely careful to be sure you know exactly when the photographer is coming and what you can expect.

Recently in the Atlanta area a real estate photographer was actually SHOT (with a gun) by a homeowner when the photographer arrived to take photographs of the home for a listing.  In February 2018 the photographer, Whitney Morris, entered the Douglasville home through the lockbox (as photographers often do), but the homeowner was surprised by his entry and shot Morris through her bedroom door.  The homeowner says that she did not know the photographer was coming.

Morris survived, but is severely injured.  On a gofundme.com page, many have donated to help Morris, including multiple other photographers, one of whom wrote: “You don’t know me but I’m a re [real estate] photographer out of California and this is a worst nightmare of mine.   Knowing you’re going through this leaves my stomach in knots.  Knowing it is about to be our busy season where we make the bulk of our income is horrifying.”

Having your home on the market can be disconcerting – you will be letting lots of people into your home; the photographer, then agents and buyers.  Be sure you have a strong team on your side keeping you informed and ready for what is to come.   And know when your photographer is coming, of course!

Every home going on the market ought to be photographed by a professional.