Drive By Shooting!!
No, there hasn't been an upswing in crime in the Gatlinburg area. It's as safe to live here in the pastoral mountains of East Tennessee as it always has been. The type of drive-by shooting I'm referring to here has nothing to do with a gun and nobody ever gets physically injured although the financial damage can be considerable. The drive-by shooting I am writing about is when a real estate agent photographs a new listing with absolutely no regard to what it will look like in the MLS or on various websites. Some agents don't even get out of their vehicle - They simply slow down, lean out the window, and take a picture (hence my term "drive-by shooting"). Often, a poor quality digital camera is used and the results of this minimal effort are horrible indeed. The innocent blood that is shed is that of the seller whose property is overlooked by potential buyers who aren't interested in unattractive homes with dark rooms. The primary picture of a property tha...