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I Am Just Curious! Why Do Agents Avoid Taking Pictures Of Their Properties Ads by lawyer(m): 11:24pm On Dec 05, 2008
I get this question over and over from people abroad in search of properties for sale in Nigeria. The usual response is that, with pictures, you can see the property closely and know what you are buying and see if it conforms with the price and inherent defects in it. In fact it makes pre-inspection easier and the hopes of the purchaser buying the property is easily uplifted hereby making a final push to buy the property within time.

But in Nigeria it is different and it is basically a classified lited advert or nothing. From the internet down to newspapers, it is left for the imagination of the intending purchaser to dream of what that land looks like or flat feels like until he inspects it physically and realises that i was a dumpyard that was being advertised.

In fact i think this is what puts potential purchasers off whenever they feel like buying a land or property and it is not what they imagined. The stress of inspecting more places like that makes them weary and the need to purchase property begins to fade until they lose interest.

So i would really love to know from both agents and potential buyers what your views are and how we can redress this situation and find a solution because honestly we cant continue like this. Agents and Purchasers have to be partners in progress to sustain a very viable real estate community in Nigeria.

What do you think?
Re: I Am Just Curious! Why Do Agents Avoid Taking Pictures Of Their Properties Ads by dnative(m): 6:16pm On Dec 06, 2008
Very good observation again here lawyer. This is right on the spot and having been following the property market in naija actively for months now, I must say that a cultural shift is needed to make a difference. I was in naija just some 2 months back and visited one of the south south states looking for a property. My visit to several well established agents with the same line of enquiry "Can I see your property portfolio" always brought surprisingly the same response - One or several pages of papers mostly with one-liner text description of properties for sale and no further details.

More surprising and disappointed was I with a particular agent in paradise city - this agent is basically the defacto, realtor extraordinare, major domo of properties as far as that city was concerned. In fact, I'll say about 70% of the high networth real estate deals in the town passes through him and his is a household name in the property circles in that State and even happens to be a former top man at the national level of an esate agency related professional association. You would expect the portfolio of such agency to be real tight - stuffs like 3d video tour of properties from the comfort of a PC in the office - but no, best I could get were the usual one liners:

4 bedroom duplex - Diamond hill  - 70 million
6 bedroom bungalow with swimming pool - 95 million
etc to name just a few.

And his is not an isolated case even amongst the top agencies in the market.

What always amazes me is how agents hopes to sell say those 500 million, 1 billion naira properties with 5 lines of classified ad text in monday guardian or punch -when a good digital camera is available for less that 0.0001% of the advertised property price.

And more surprising is that no agency seems to be taking a cue (and gaining an edge) in this regards by putting up highly presented pictures of the properties being marketed. I sure know what I'll be doing if I do have a portfolio of properties to market.

Guys I think this is a wake up call especially starting from right here on Nairaland - your property are bound to generate more interest leading to a shorter time to market with the presence of high quality pictures of different perspectives of the properties - I mean the Auto section is a good example and has gotten to the stage that people won't even look at your advert twice without several pictures of your Autos.

Having said, I'm inclined to think that a major factor might be that majority of the properties being advertised are actually handed down to the 2nd, 3rd, 4th or more agent who might not even have crucial first hand information of the properties.

We should definitely be watching this space and let's see the smart agent to come out with the bang and sell his properties like hot cakes
Re: I Am Just Curious! Why Do Agents Avoid Taking Pictures Of Their Properties Ads by liftedone(f): 10:49pm On Dec 06, 2008
There are a lot of reasons and I can't begin to go into all of them right now, but would agree with what dnative said about properties being handed down to 2nd, 3rd and 4th parties etc etc. Also, there's the issue of time for those of us who work for ourselves. Then there's the internet connection. I remember trying to assist a friend who's into autos at some point to put up pictures in the auto's section. I tried for over two weeks to upload basic jpeg files. I got frustrated and gave up.

Nevertheless, this is a challenge and some of us will be taking it up promptly.

Good observation again, lawyer.
Re: I Am Just Curious! Why Do Agents Avoid Taking Pictures Of Their Properties Ads by brownbonno(m): 11:24am On Dec 07, 2008
liftedone:

There are a lot of reasons and I can't begin to go into all of them right now, but would agree with what dnative said about properties being handed down to 2nd, 3rd and 4th parties etc etc. Also, there's the issue of time for those of us who work for ourselves. Then there's the internet connection. I remember trying to assist a friend who's into autos at some point to put up pictures in the auto's section. I tried for over two weeks to upload basic jpeg files. I got frustrated and gave up.

Nevertheless, this is a challenge and some of us will be taking it up promptly.

I do sympathise with the situation here,but will not buy into these flimsy excuses.As an agent you are putting up your adv to make sales and profit profit.It cannot be achieved with a lazy attitude.Even with the astronomical prices placed on properties with the hope of making it big in one sales.It does not just happen like that,one cannot be selling what he has little or no information about,that is peddling.

LAWYER,

If you can recollect,there was a time here in Property section where i nominated you as the ONLY lawyer on NL.Just for the singular reason that you are not economical with your knowledge/information.
That is practically how to sell yourself and project your image above others.We just need to learn,ask question if you don;t know and stop this attitude of giving pieces of worthless information that cannot be used to make investment decisions.
Re: I Am Just Curious! Why Do Agents Avoid Taking Pictures Of Their Properties Ads by oyewole123: 4:43pm On Dec 07, 2008
Good observation lawyer,
Am also a non resident nigerian who has much interest in nigerian properties especially for investment purposes, it always amaze me d way properties are been advertised, i have made this comment before to some agents and they promised to improve on it. Digital cameras are everywhere now and would not cost much compared to the agency fee or the number of properties you would sell if you do it the modern and much acceptable ways
I have an experience few months ago, where i had to call the agent of some properties i saw on nairaland, after showing my interest in purchasing these properties based on the condition of seeing the pictures first, selecting my choice and then sending someone at home to confirm and inspect the place on my behalf, the agent said i should pay 90,000naira for the task as if he was doing me favour or himself favour. I got another agent who was willing to send me pics of his own properties and from there i chose the one that appealed to me , got a trusted one at home to check it out and then sealed the deal. am sure the agency fee i paid would have covered all the expenses incurred by the agent leaving him bountiful profit afterwards
Pls agents , try to put efforts including fianacial commitment to give those of us abroad standard advert( genuine pics even if it only front, back and side views) ur advert will bring more clients your way that is for sure
Hope to see changes soon. thanks
Re: I Am Just Curious! Why Do Agents Avoid Taking Pictures Of Their Properties Ads by liftedone(f): 12:08am On Dec 08, 2008
@ brownbonno
Typical short-fused nairalander on the prowl, b**ching anonymously over the internet.
Re: I Am Just Curious! Why Do Agents Avoid Taking Pictures Of Their Properties Ads by PapaBrowne(m): 2:30am On Dec 09, 2008
liftedone:

@ brownbonno
Typical short-fused nairalander on the prowl, b**ching anonymously over the internet. 

Liftedone, what Brownbonno has said is a fair fact. There is no excuse whatsoever.
It's frustrating to see all the property listings without pictures.

You have no idea how many deals you'd close (especially with Nigerians leaving overseas), if you post quality pictures on any property you have for sale or rent. Almost every mobile phone has a camera these days, so there is really no excuse.

Check out the Auto section, almost every advertised car has numerous pictures. . . .and yet the value of their advertised transactions are far lower than those for properties.

Just to prove a point to the effectiveness of pictures and a well described property, I am posting this puppet ad
Re: I Am Just Curious! Why Do Agents Avoid Taking Pictures Of Their Properties Ads by liftedone(f): 3:02am On Dec 09, 2008
@ Papabrown, posting pictures is definitely the way to go and I did own up to the fact that some of us will be taking up the challenge. Shouldn't that suffice? Why all the reference to laziness and excuses and peddling? If you live abroad, you cannot even begin to appreciate the constraints you face in the Nigerian, and in particular Lagos business environment. Like the internet connection I made reference to, you don't know how terrible that period was for some of us who are so used to being online. So his comments were uncalled for. This is not the Politics section where people just bash others just for the sake of it.

PS: I didn't see any puppet add. & is PB & BB same lipsrsealed
Re: I Am Just Curious! Why Do Agents Avoid Taking Pictures Of Their Properties Ads by brownbonno(m): 4:12am On Dec 09, 2008
liftedone:

@ brownbonno
Typical short-fused nairalander on the prowl, b**ching anonymously over the internet. 

There is no need being personal,only pointing the basic ethics of modern business packaging.


liftedone:

@ Papabrown, posting pictures is definitely the way to go and I did own up to the fact that some of us will be taking up the challenge. Shouldn't that suffice? Why all the reference to laziness and excuses and peddling? If you live abroad, you cannot even begin to appreciate the constraints you face in the Nigerian, and in particular Lagos business environment. Like the internet connection I made reference to, you don't know how terrible that period was for some of us who are so used to being online. So his comments were uncalled for. This is not the Politics section where people just bash others just for the sake of it.
PS: I didn't see any puppet add. & is PB & BB same lipsrsealed


There is no bashing here,gone are the days where people relie on luck.Success can only be achieved throuhgh hard work.Ability to make sales and profit depends on how good your package your product.I am sure you will find some adv with just 2 lines-Storey building for sale 5  bedroom,2 bath,2 toilet Price 25m,location Ipaja.Contact details-------.A reasonable prospective buyer will not waste time and money contacting such a seller because he has got nothing to sell.
Re: I Am Just Curious! Why Do Agents Avoid Taking Pictures Of Their Properties Ads by PapaBrowne(m): 4:28am On Dec 09, 2008
liftedone:

@ Papabrown, posting pictures is definitely the way to go and I did own up to the fact that some of us will be taking up the challenge. Shouldn't that suffice? Why all the reference to laziness and excuses and peddling? If you live abroad, you cannot even begin to appreciate the constraints you face in the Nigerian, and in particular Lagos business environment. Like the internet connection I made reference to, you don't know how terrible that period was for some of us who are so used to being online. So his comments were uncalled for. This is not the Politics section where people just bash others just for the sake of it.

PS: I didn't see any puppet add. & is PB & BB same lipsrsealed



Yeah, the internet connection thing is understandable. And I'm sure you also grasp my point. I guess it'll be good for everyone- client and agent, if we could just have pics of every property online. Plus it's pretty sweet you'll be taking up the challenge.
Asides, I've uploaded the puppet ad, and PB & BB not the same, I think they are 6000 miles apart.
And I was wondering how come you're still awake at 3.00 AM naija time. Take care.
Re: I Am Just Curious! Why Do Agents Avoid Taking Pictures Of Their Properties Ads by tpia: 10:26am On Dec 10, 2008
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Re: I Am Just Curious! Why Do Agents Avoid Taking Pictures Of Their Properties Ads by grandstar(m): 11:12am On Dec 10, 2008
I agree with you guys that pictures are the future.

I am going to buy a digital camera pronto! I gotta make pay!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Re: I Am Just Curious! Why Do Agents Avoid Taking Pictures Of Their Properties Ads by thirdeye(m): 12:59am On Dec 16, 2008
I've been with top realtors and I know the only reason they won't give out pictures is because of personal conviction that they may be shortchanged.
Real estate agents makes their money through comission, with pictures other estate agents could get in touch and make enquiries about the true owner of the building, Developer will only pay anybody that brought the link. So the less realtors on the project the better the chances of the one in charge getting the commission.
However you can find few ones that are interested or if you could get in contact with some developers yourself.
Re: I Am Just Curious! Why Do Agents Avoid Taking Pictures Of Their Properties Ads by liftedone(f): 5:02pm On Feb 02, 2009
@ Lawyer, Brownbonno and Papabrowne, let me update you guys on my recent adventure in the picture taking new year resolutionist agency agenda.

After all the 'accusations' of laziness, off I went with my digicam just before the end of last year. I proceeded to take pictures of some properties I had on my hands. Having satisfied myself that I had sufficient to silence the nairaland naysayers, I proceeded to try to upload the pictures. And that's where the whole drama started. Try as I may, the pictures wouldn't upload before the internet would be disconnected. Day after day since the first day of this year, I tried and tried and tried. Sometimes even waking up in the early ungodly hours just to work. No show. Then three days ago, while doing the same, I decided to take the laptop to the bedroom and lay my head down while waiting for the effing thing to upload. Eureka! I made a great discovery. The internet connection was better. I had been using one of the corridors as my office and the network was no good there and I hadn't noticed. So I thought surely, I would be able to upload my pictures now.

Then to my utter dismay after the picture ought to have completely uploaded, NAIRALAND gave me an error message: YOUR FILE IS TOO BIG. What the fffff? I could not upload more than 200KB at a time. What? In this day and age? My average file was 600KB.

So, I've only been able to post the pictures of stuff that are under 200KB so far on one of my ads.

There!
Re: I Am Just Curious! Why Do Agents Avoid Taking Pictures Of Their Properties Ads by dnative(m): 11:54pm On Feb 02, 2009
Check your files are jpeg, gif or png formats rather than bmp which could be quite heavy. Whichever way, your attempts are still in the right direction and we are beginning to see some properties with pictures here on Nairaland contrary to what some folks would rather have us believe as to why you don't want to put yourself at a disadvantage by including pictures with your properties.

I foresee that in no long time to come, having pictures of properties you are marketing would be the rule rather than an exception - and would really separate the serious players from the armchair estate agents marketing 4th/5th hand properties.
Re: I Am Just Curious! Why Do Agents Avoid Taking Pictures Of Their Properties Ads by Popson3: 7:16pm On Feb 05, 2009
This issue of taking pictures of your property is soon to be a thing of the past.

My crew and I at www.searchitnigeria.com are developing an online real estate community where very soon, property will be posted along with pictures and video.

Sounds impossible? Well, we are trying to make uploads of videos and pictures possible on our portal.Technology CAN be exploited and stretched, and that is what we are working on.As it is WE WILL SUCCEED! and very soon te Nigerian real estate market will gain international attention.Benefits abound and are at no cost.Dont believe it? Visit the site!

And if you have any views, go ahead and send them to us at info@searchitnigeria.com Afterall we are all going to be using the site together.
Re: I Am Just Curious! Why Do Agents Avoid Taking Pictures Of Their Properties Ads by larryokun: 7:44pm On Feb 05, 2009
My brother, your observation is commendable. see no reason why a serious seller of property would not want the pics displayed fo prospective buyers to see. The reasons for this odd way could be one of the folloing: 1, most of the properties are actually not there (419s factors), recognising that if they are advertised with pics in this forum, the pic could be used as a proof of sale adverts if the deal fell through, 2 Quacks are the bulk of people doing the adverts, 3 thieves and other people of dubious character might try to sell the property without owners consent and etc.
This is now a very popular forum. I believe it is a matter of time when the administrator of this laudable forum would make "adverts with pics only" mandatory
Re: I Am Just Curious! Why Do Agents Avoid Taking Pictures Of Their Properties Ads by Outstrip(f): 1:59am On Feb 06, 2009
Thank God someone is talking. I personally think is laziness but then again, I was interested in a piece of land recently and I called Nigeria about it since there were no pictures. First I found out that the land really exists and then I talked to someone else in Nigeria and his co worker actually took the phone from me and told me not to consider buying the land. He says he and his wife spent the whole saturday driving there and when they got there there wereno roads to get in. The place he said was very remote. Pictures would have solved the problem. I would have not had to turn into a private investigator
Re: I Am Just Curious! Why Do Agents Avoid Taking Pictures Of Their Properties Ads by james1(m): 2:14pm On Feb 12, 2009
Hello Everyone.

Very good question,lawyer and equally good responses.
Let me make one very clear case;most agents that advertise the properties you guys see on  NL are not quacks or low-lives' as i can deduce from some responses i read(all dis kain indirect yabis wey una dey give us)

A classical case;i have the latest sony camera that video's and can do wonderful things,it is a ten mega-pixel camera.i have taken pictures and you guys will do well to remember my promise that no Estuary sales will come without pictures.
When i try uploading the pictures to the nairaland property page,know what i get greeted with?file size too large.i then minimized the pics,same story.after trying for some time i decided to consult a guy who is regarded as a genius in this things;because of my explanation on phone he brought along his team.no joke.they did all they know and concocted some,same stories.they even proceeded to uploading the minimized pictures at a snail pace of one after the other,no way.what they said finally?Seun have to do something"cos"according to them the fault is not mine and theirs. i, who is not a novice clearly knew that.that it is from Seun's headquarters.
Let's assume i got it all wrong una wey sabi make una borrow me sense cos Seun and him page wey don go crazy nearly give me heart attack!
How come i sent these same pictures from my box to many persons,and they went?

MAKE UNA TAKE AM EASY WITH THE AGENT,DEM'O
Re: I Am Just Curious! Why Do Agents Avoid Taking Pictures Of Their Properties Ads by james1(m): 2:39pm On Feb 12, 2009
Hello Everyone.

Time to set the records straight about people coming to Nigeria with the will to buy property expecially land.i for one break it down,bar by bar for the prospective client by making it very clear for them.advantages and disadvantages.
Many clients naturally go for cheaper land with their eyes open.shey na monkey dey stay 4 de place wey una wey say dem carry una,abi una drive d whole saturday go?
U need go see the palaces people built in what you people call remote area.like Ogombo,badore,Sango tedo and up at Ibeju to mention a few.what is remote to one person is paradise to another who will rather use the excess money saved from buying at your suppose remote area to build themselves palaces,buy choice cars and invest the remaining.
WHOEVER STOPPED YOU FROM BUYING PROPERTY AT LEKKI 1?
Re: I Am Just Curious! Why Do Agents Avoid Taking Pictures Of Their Properties Ads by lawyer(m): 5:38pm On Feb 12, 2009
@james

While i consider you to be one of the respectable members of nairaland properties, one of your arguments seems flawed:

A classical case;i have the latest sony camera that video's and can do wonderful things,it is a ten mega-pixel camera.i have taken pictures and you guys will do well to remember my promise that no Estuary sales will come without pictures.
When i try uploading the pictures to the nairaland property page,know what i get greeted with?file size too large.i then minimized the pics,same story.after trying for some time i decided to consult a guy who is regarded as a genius in this things;because of my explanation on phone he brought along his team.no joke.they did all they know and concocted some,same stories.they even proceeded to uploading the minimized pictures at a snail pace of one after the other,no way.what they said finally?Seun have to do something"cos"according to them the fault is not mine and theirs. i, who is not a novice clearly knew that.that it is from Seun's headquarters.
Let's assume i got it all wrong una wey sabi make una borrow me sense cos Seun and him page wey don go crazy nearly give me heart attack!
How come i sent these same pictures from my box to many persons,and they went?

If you say posting pictures on Nl is difficult and its due to seun's fault for not making it easy to post pictures due to the software used to create the site, then it is almost analogous to the argument that those in the auto section have a long standing rule for you to paste pictures of cars before you sell them on Nl.

How come it is easy for the auto dealers and almost near impossible for property agents despite the fact that you both use the same website and its applications? undecided

Its much deeper than that and i know it is because of the third party agent thingy going on amongst all agents but it never hurts to try.

In fact a major clean up of the property section would soon come up and stringent rules will be applied because my job is to protect the interest of the purchaser more since they would probably be the ones at the recieving end if a deal goes bad.

So if they are clamouring for pictures, then the burden of proof lies in the hands of the agents to give a valid and sensible reason not to enforce that rule in the nearest future and the nearest future could be next week!

Cheers!
Re: I Am Just Curious! Why Do Agents Avoid Taking Pictures Of Their Properties Ads by brownbonno(m): 7:10pm On Feb 12, 2009
liftedone:

@ Lawyer, Brownbonno and Papabrowne, let me update you guys on my recent adventure in the picture taking new year resolutionist agency agenda.

After all the 'accusations' of laziness, off I went with my digicam just before the end of last year. I proceeded to take pictures of some properties I had on my hands. Having satisfied myself that I had sufficient to silence the nairaland naysayers, I proceeded to try to upload the pictures. And that's where the whole drama started. Try as I may, the pictures wouldn't upload before the internet would be disconnected. Day after day since the first day of this year, I tried and tried and tried. Sometimes even waking up in the early ungodly hours just to work. No show. Then three days ago, while doing the same, I decided to take the laptop to the bedroom and lay my head down while waiting for the effing thing to upload. Eureka! I made a great discovery. The internet connection was better. I had been using one of the corridors as my office and the network was no good there and I hadn't noticed. So I thought surely, I would be able to upload my pictures now.

Then to my utter dismay after the picture ought to have completely uploaded, NAIRALAND gave me an error message: YOUR FILE IS TOO BIG. What the fffff? I could not upload more than 200KB at a time. What? In this day and age? My average file was 600KB.

So, I've only been able to post the pictures of stuff that are under 200KB so far on one of my ads.

There!

Unfortunately you have not been able to silence the naysayers at this point.You need to do more research on how to reduce photo file sizes.Thanks for the efforts so far.
Re: I Am Just Curious! Why Do Agents Avoid Taking Pictures Of Their Properties Ads by PAPABOMBOY: 7:22pm On Feb 12, 2009
Excuse say file too large nah yeye excuse abeg------and you wan make million eh? cheesy cheesy cheesy.

You don hear of free online picture resizer?

No need to download nothin, just select your picture from your computer to resize am free for internet, finish!!!

Bring am down to nairaland standard.

These nah only 4 (four) reasons out of plenti wey dey out there.

1. http://www.picresize.com

2. http://www.shrinkpictures.com

3. http://www.resize2mail.com/

4. http://www.resizr.com/
Re: I Am Just Curious! Why Do Agents Avoid Taking Pictures Of Their Properties Ads by Thadude(m): 12:36am On Feb 13, 2009
Because:
1. many of them are scammers.
2. Those who arent are attachment agents who go about seeking buyers for a stipen.
Re: I Am Just Curious! Why Do Agents Avoid Taking Pictures Of Their Properties Ads by james1(m): 10:54am On Feb 13, 2009
Hello lawyer.
I Have advertise a porsche carera on NL auto page before;it is not the same thing as uploading on NL's property page,not now.let mr Seun upgrade.why i understand he is not resting on his oars now.i believe he can do more.the Yahoo's and Google's of this world started small.
I understand that there are quacks everywhere,NL's property page inclusive.
Re: I Am Just Curious! Why Do Agents Avoid Taking Pictures Of Their Properties Ads by PapaBrowne(m): 11:11am On Feb 13, 2009
liftedone:

@ Lawyer, Brownbonno and Papabrowne, let me update you guys on my recent adventure in the picture taking new year resolutionist agency agenda.

After all the 'accusations' of laziness, off I went with my digicam just before the end of last year. I proceeded to take pictures of some properties I had on my hands. Having satisfied myself that I had sufficient to silence the nairaland naysayers, I proceeded to try to upload the pictures. And that's where the whole drama started. Try as I may, the pictures wouldn't upload before the internet would be disconnected. Day after day since the first day of this year, I tried and tried and tried. Sometimes even waking up in the early ungodly hours just to work. No show. Then three days ago, while doing the same, I decided to take the laptop to the bedroom and lay my head down while waiting for the effing thing to upload. Eureka! I made a great discovery. The internet connection was better. I had been using one of the corridors as my office and the network was no good there and I hadn't noticed. So I thought surely, I would be able to upload my pictures now.

Then to my utter dismay after the picture ought to have completely uploaded, NAIRALAND gave me an error message: YOUR FILE IS TOO BIG. What the fffff? I could not upload more than 200KB at a time. What? In this day and age? My average file was 600KB.

So, I've only been able to post the pictures of stuff that are under 200KB so far on one of my ads.

There!

You try. At least you made a very, very serious attempt.
Guess it paid off with ur increased internet speed.
You'll definite get much more business this year!!!!!!
Re: I Am Just Curious! Why Do Agents Avoid Taking Pictures Of Their Properties Ads by topkin(m): 1:49pm On Feb 13, 2009
@ topic

If they do that, they'll not be able to 'tax' you for t-fare, recharge cards for calls and all what not! It's just one of those gimmick they play to extort you outside the usual fees you pay them. That's Naija 4 u!
Re: I Am Just Curious! Why Do Agents Avoid Taking Pictures Of Their Properties Ads by DisGuy: 1:57am On Feb 15, 2009
Very nice topic and well done for trying @ liftedone

What about the estates, after listing everything that will be made available
they don't even do a basic impression of what the Estate will look like when completed
An artist impression will at least help reduce time wasting

Half of the sale is done with pictures the rest just luck, marketing, price etc

Lawyer: how about a topic on monthly rent and annual rent, are we ripe for it?
Re: I Am Just Curious! Why Do Agents Avoid Taking Pictures Of Their Properties Ads by megastu(m): 12:02pm On Feb 17, 2009
LAWYER, good one, but let me let you know something. These properties do not belong to agents, they are only agents helping to sell. That is the reason why there is inspection.

Lawyer, if you have a property, do you think you will allow people to be entering your property and taking pictures at will all in the name of selling. The nature of property transactions makes it a lot different from Auto sales.

Maybe you can blaze the trail by putting up your own pictures lets see how far you can go.
Re: I Am Just Curious! Why Do Agents Avoid Taking Pictures Of Their Properties Ads by coolgenius: 11:53pm On Feb 17, 2009
This is the internet age, and many agents are oldies but goodies who still don't know how to send email.

It is going to take the younger generation of agents who get more business from contemporary online ads with pix to make the older gens. see the light.

It happens like this in every other industry that is affected by the web.
smiley
Re: I Am Just Curious! Why Do Agents Avoid Taking Pictures Of Their Properties Ads by AbidemiA: 3:45am On Feb 18, 2009
You can advertise your properties with pictures at http://adten.net/property/PropRegister.aspx at no cost.
Re: I Am Just Curious! Why Do Agents Avoid Taking Pictures Of Their Properties Ads by ayobase(m): 3:13pm On Feb 21, 2009
thank u 4 that!!!!

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