Gatlinburg Real Estate Blog

A client of ours who is relocating from West Palm Beach to live here in Sevier County, TN called this morning to update me as to his progress in this effort. He listed his FL house a couple of days ago with a Florida real estate agent who came very highly recommended but sadly the results since then have been anything but professional. Seemingly rushed, the agent hurried through the feature list options that his local MLS dictates, but the real crime is the primary photo that he took of the property. With no regard to the position in the sky of the sun relative to the front of the home, the resulting photo is very dark and doesn't show the property in a complementary light whatsoever. Florida Drive By Shooting Several years ago, I wrote in this space about a Sevierville Drive by Shooting . Don't be alarmed, this is my own nickname for some of the horrible photos that we see here taken by Gatlinburg area real estate agents. They simply lean out through their car window and witho...

A client of ours who is relocating from West Palm Beach to live here in Sevier County, TN called this morning to update me as to his progress in this effort. He listed his FL house a couple of days ago with a Florida real estate agent who came very highly recommended but sadly the results since then have been anything but professional. Seemingly rushed, the agent hurried through the feature list options that his local MLS dictates, but the real crime is the primary photo that he took of the property. With no regard to the position in the sky of the sun relative to the front of the home, the resulting photo is very dark and doesn't show the property in a complementary light whatsoever. Florida Drive By Shooting Several years ago, I wrote in this space about a Sevierville Drive by Shooting . Don't be alarmed, this is my own nickname for some of the horrible photos that we see here taken by Gatlinburg area real estate agents. They simply lean out through their car window and...

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...

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...