Merrimack Valley Real Estate- Massachusetts, Essex and Middlesex County

Using Multiple Flash The following is a series of a shot used in a recent listing of mine.  The room was lit with one large window and one overhead light in the kitchen.  It was really like being in a cavern. Bright window in the back with light falling off quickly towards the kitchen. The challe...

Whats available for photo and video software? Adobe Photoshop can cost you upwards of $600 with updates around 200 regurarly and can put quite a dent in your pocket. Never mind good video editing software. Here are some alternatives for shelling out hundreds of dollars for photo and video editing...

View a quick video on Living in Lowell's Historic Downtown District Made a quick video of Lowell's downtown.  Living in the Historic District of Lowell is a lifestyle.  The Lowell downtown is the home of many converted mills into artists lofts.  Walk out your front door and be in the centr of the...

I saw a slight softening of the real estate market after the aprroximately one point spike in interest rates.  It seems like the market this spring was going crazy with multiple bids, and numerous properties going over asking.  Extremely low interest rates have kept the real estate market rolling...

One of the most important photographs of the home is the front of the home.  One of the most difficult shots to take and make look good is the house that never gets sun on the front of the house because it faces northwards or is blocked by trees.  Usually they are washed out or too dark.  Heres a...

I recently upgraded to a Nikon D7000.  I couldn't wait to get my hands on it to take advantage of the video capabilites.  I wanted to use videos for property marketing as well as video promotion. Here are the results of my first run at each: Video Promotion for Real Estate   Property Video  

Grab their attention..... Grab potential home buyers attention with a great front shot of the house.  Lets face it, no one wants a dull, drab house.  They want to see a happy, bright, sun shiny day!  Blue sky in the background and full sunlight on the front of the house.  About 70% of the homes ...

What do you charge for a Real Estate Commission? Of course every home seller is concerned about what an agent is going to charge for a commission.  And, certainly that can be a valid concern. But, Mr/Ms Home Seller isn't your real concern How Much Money am I going to NET after the Sale?  If it is...

I started using Evernote about 9 months ago.  Recently I am finding it increasingly more useful in managing my real estate business.  Evernote is a free notetaking application on the cloud that halps you organize documents, thoughts ideas and more.  Microsoft has One Note which is equally as use...

I recently purchased a Nikon D7000 whcich allows the abiltiy to take full motion videos.  I wanted to add video to my marketing of homes that I list.  The reasons for offering video are two fold: First to offer another oppurtuntiy to my sellers to market their home and secondly I think videos on ...