Every purchase you make should be seen through a lens of ROI, it’s all a Cost/Benefit Analysis.

I will agree with most of my colleagues here.Your pictures are horrible and don’t show the property correctly.They are dark and taken with a narrow lens (probably a smartphone) and cut off half the rooms making them look smaller and cramped.Toilet lids should be down in pictures and you should be able to see the entire bathroom.You need a professional photographer to get that job done right.You’re most likely overpriced and making your competition look better to buyers.Also,in your Craigslist add you said only prequalified buyers may see the property.That’s a huge mistake and it’s going to cost you.Agents like myself insist on previewing the homes first to decide if our buyers will want to look at it.According to your ad,we can’t so we will bypass your property and move on to the properties that do cooperate with us.Quite frankly, unless our buyers accidentally stumble upon your property on their own,it’s not going to be shown to them for a while,if ever.The agents have no incentive to work with you.At 2.5% and no fellow agent listing the property to work with,you will be at the bottom of every agent’s list of potential properties to show.

I am listing with a realtor today, and skipping town for a bit, cause I NEED A REST.Anyway - I have a little album/slideshow here: http://new.photos.yahoo.com/norwichave/album/576460762392905848Forgive the dusty lens.

Let me switch lens on you.

I agree that a new camera with a wide angle lens and tripod helps immensely.

Fact is 90% of the US population happily lives outside California and in cities that may not have great weather and hence it’s just not right to use the “Bay Area lens” to evaluate.

Whatever you do, consider professional level photography.At a minimum, a wide angle lens ~16mm (effective) plus HDR of at least 7 stops plus and minus.  

It's a different type of conversation when they're looking through the investment lens with experience.  

I pay under $100 for a set of professional pictures, taken with a wide angle lens, proper lighting.

My wife is from a former Soviet Union nation, and she really helped me see work in a different lens than how I did when I was a kid.