Aesthetics count when appealing to rental hunters. Prospective tenants are dependent on the internet to find their next rental. Tenants can make snap judgments on your property without even setting a foot inside. If prospective tenants spend 10 seconds looking at your listing, those seconds become crucial moments. You want your unit to look its best.
As a result, you can have professional-quality photographs for your online rental listings.
Cleaning up your unit and avoiding clutter are a no-brainers for most. Here are some not-so-obvious tips on how to take better rental property pictures.
Shoot from an angle, but keep it straight.
Taking a picture of the dining room table dead-on is visually boring. Take a picture of linear items, such as kitchen counters or dining room tables, so that it cuts diagonally through the picture. Not only will it make the photo visually interesting, it adds depth to the room and can make the room look bigger.
Crooked pictures make your properties sloppy. Vertical lines from walls or cabinets need to perfectly align with the side of the picture. Pictures that aren’t straight make your photos look amateurish, affecting your credibility. Prospective renters want to rent from professionals.
Two walls are better than three.
Almost all rental tenants want to avoid cramped space. You need to make your property look as spacious as possible. Take pictures that include two walls, but not three. Three walls give your property a box feeling, making your room seem smaller. Take pictures of two walls, showing the ceiling and floor, to make your unit look more spacious and appealing.
