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Sep 2011
Tour DFW: Southlake Town Square
Welcome back to our series Tour DFW! Located in the heart of Southlake, TX at the intersection of North Carroll Avenue and East Southlake Boulevard, Southlake Town Square is an open-air shopping mall sure to please all visitors. Over 100 retail stores, restaurants and entertainment venues open their doors as visitors walk by the storefronts.
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Sep 2011
Tour DFW: Arlington Texas
For the first in our new video series Tour DFW, we take a tour of some of the sites in Arlington, Texas. Arlington has been a hotspot in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex for some time as the Texas Rangers’ Rangers Ballpark, Six Flags Over Texas and Hurricane Harbor are in the heart of the city. With the addition of Cowboys Stadium in 2009, Arlington became a central location for sporting
The majority of buyers, over 90%, are utilizing the Internet to create a list of properties they might call their next home. To narrow down a list of homes, the buyer searches in a specific area and scrolls through the countless homes posted on the MLS. Every real estate listing is usually represented by a single thumbnail photo: the front exterior.
Client testimonials are very powerful for any business, including realtors. They are a way to show potential clients that as a realtor, you have successfully helped clients sell or buy a home. It is a way to sell your services without a huge sales pitch that some clients might not connect with.
Last week we had the pleasure of guest blogging for Mark McDonough at texasmls.com. View the InfoGraphic below along with descriptions of the four sections, or read the full article with additional topic points: 8 reasons professional real estate photography is important to Realtors.
Photos and Video are VERY Important It’s amazing how many people talk about the importance of photos and video in marketing real estate. All it takes is a google search to see the vast number of blog posts and youtube videos showcasing tips for taking better photos or using video to market your properties:
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Jul 2011
We Like Our Real Estate Photos RAW
RAW Gives You The Chance To Adjust White Balance Usually when you hear the word RAW it brings images to your mind of a butcher counter or sushi bar. In the world of photography, however, RAW has a very different meaning. A RAW image format is one where the camera does very little to manipulate or process the image it is recording. Some people call a RAW image file a
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May 2011
How High Are You
Sometimes it is important to ask yourself: How high are you? When you take photos of real estate, it is important you are taking them at the correct height. Although height is important in interior photos, we are going to take a look at the exterior shot. Last week we noted we would be discussing Pole Aerial Photography (PAP). PAP is utilized by real estate photographers to obtain a photo
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May 2011
The Realtors Guide to Blue Sky
Texas has a lovely blue sky most of the year. Unfortunately on the day we arrive to take exterior photos of a home, that amazing blue sky might be hidden by a blanket of white. Worse yet is when the sky looks like it’s about to storm. Talk about bad luck for the buyer that moves into that home! It doesn’t take much searching of homes active on the market
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Apr 2011
Size Matters – Why Virtual Tours Are Important
You just paid a photographer to shoot a home for you, and you love the photos of the home. Let’s assume you were given the following photo: https://www.uniqueexposurephotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/virtualtourpic1.jpg