It turns out the photos of the property that the realtor uploaded online were so awful that I wrote the place off months ago without even checking out the specs.

Lesson: Don’t let online photos dissuade you from checking out a property in person.

This happened with the place that I eventually bought here in Atlanta. We ended up just going in it because it was in the area I liked and the agent said we should check it out. Turns out that I had seen it online, but the images online didn’t reflect at all what the place actually looked like.

Another lesson to Agents out there: image matters. You might view the internet as your “enemy” – but it doesn’t have to be – and the better pictures you post the quicker it will sell.