Real estate tools - wide angle camera lense

I am a DIY landlord with only two properties (so far!) so I don't feel like I have luxury of a big team to market my properties but I think we all know that photos are what gets people to come and look at our rentals!

Recently, I was marketing my second property and wasn't quite getting as much interest as I'd have liked; I lowered the price but what else could I do to spark more traffic? New photos!

I didn't want to spring for professional photos because they're spendy and frankly, it seemed like work for me to line up a photographer who takes good real estate photos (it's a specific niche!) to spend my money on something and possibly wait several weeks to get them ready. Meanwhile, my property would be sitting on the market.

I decided to buy a wide angle lense to make my camera phone photos look as good as possible. I did a little Amazon research and for less than $30 really upgraded my photos and with Prime shipping it was at my house the next day! New photos before the weekend ☺

I decided to get the Rovtop wide angle lense, it attaches to my cell phone with a clip. Check out the difference in my photos!

Deck, before

Deck, after

Kitchen, before

Kitchen, after - this was one of the biggest differences!

Living/dinning, before

Living/dinning, after

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