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Best of Customer Service on Houzz 2019

[Ellicott City, MD], January 29, 2019- Charm City Virtual Tours of Ellicott City has won “Best of Customer Service” on Houzz, the leading platform for home renovation and design. Formed in 2008, Charm City Virtual Tours was chosen by the more than 40 million monthly unique users that comprise the Houzz community from among more than 2.1 million active home building, remodeling and design …

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Real Estate Marketing in Baltimore: Don’t Live in the Middle

When it comes to marketing real estate in the Baltimore area, do you play it safe and stay in the middle? Or do you go all the way and deliver an outstanding marketing campaign? Gary Vaynerchuk shares his thoughts on marketing in general in this video, and I encourage you to take a look at it.  (Be forewarned that Gary …

Get More Out of Your Drone Photos and Video

Get More Out of Your Drone Photos and Video

Given the right property, drone photos and/or video can work really well when marketing a property.  Sometimes only an aerial view of a home or its location can show prospective buyers the lifestyle, features, and conveniences of a particular home. However, you need to make sure you hire a fully licensed professional drone operator who carries liability insurance for any …

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Four Ways to Make Your Listing Stand Out

With all of the homes available in the Baltimore/DC Metro Area, what can you do to make your real estate listing stand out from all the others?  Here are four things real estate agents can do to get the best result for their homeowners: Great Presentation: Elsewhere on the blog we’ve stressed the importance of presenting a home really well. …

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Improve Your Hotel’s Digital Curb Appeal

Defined, curb appeal is the attractiveness of a building (such as your hotel) as viewed from the street, while digital curb appeal is the attractiveness of a business (again, let’s say your hotel) as seen online. But what, exactly, is a hotel’s digital curb appeal? In a word: images. So pay attention, because we’re going to talk about how to …

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How to Present Your Home for a Photo Shoot in the Baltimore Area

If you hire a real estate photographer in the Baltimore area to take professional photos of your home, it’s important to make sure the home is presented perfectly for the day of the shoot. How to stage your home like a pro in the Baltimore area: Brett Caviness, a  realtor in California created this short video, and offers some great tips …

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Gorgeous Photos Present You as a Thought Leader

I just found this video of Pia Silver, the author of Badass Your Brand, and she said: “Gorgeous photos present you as a thought leader. You could be the most badass thought leader in your industry, [but] if you don’t look it, if you don’t present like it, no one’s going to listen to you. …If you want to be …

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Netflix show ‘Stay Here’ has a Real Estate Theme

Netflix released a new real estate-themed show called ‘Stay Here’  in August 2018. The show stars Genevieve Gorder, a designer, and Peter Lorimer, a real estate expert.  According to the show description provided by Netflix, the show will: “…show property owners how to turn their short-term rentals into moneymaking showstoppers.”Take a look at the official trailer: As Peter Lorimer posted …

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Could gimmicky photos and videos help sell homes in Baltimore?

Do videos and photos where agents get dressed up in a costume, dance, or do something else that’s gimmicky, actually help to sell homes? These types of videos can definitely engage your audience in a visually compelling way. Some are amazing, some are lame, and some are extremely funny. Here are a few examples so you can see  what I mean: …

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Virtual Staging: Impress Buyers in the Baltimore Area

As more real estate agents and homeowners in the Baltimore area begin to use virtual staging, we have to ask: Is it really worth it, and does it compare to traditional staging? The National Association of Realtors indicates that 77% of buyers’ agents report that staging makes it easier for buyers to visualize themselves living in a home.  As many …