OK, I’m all for trying anything to sell a house. I mean, it’s what we do. Don’t sell? Don’t eat. Simple as that. That’s why you’ll see a wide variety of advertising in this business. Anything from creative to great to bad to stupid to just plain shitty. Some people know how to market themselves and their listings, some don’t. I’m not quite sure what to think about this one. I’ll let you decide. Below is the main photo for this home:
The positives of using a photo like this as the main photo of the home (as best as I can tell) are as follows: It’s definitely different. It stands out from all of the other photos of homes as you pass by them and it provokes some interest. Hell, I’m doing a blog post about it because I thought it was interesting. The agent has excelled in that facet of their job to market the home. Unfortunately, there’s a big gap between getting interest in a home and selling it. There’s that whole deal about actually getting people to come look at it.
Edit: Since writing this post last night, it appears that the agent has included more 2010 photos of the house instead of 1800’s. I could nit-pick some of the interior photos, but overall, they’re pretty decent. I can’t really fault anything else about it. So, if you need 40 acres and a mule in Tennessee (and $750K laying around) this home COULD BE YOURS (in my best Billy Mays voice)!
