Picture yourself in a brand new home that you customized to your liking all the way from the color of paint in your dining room to what type of faucet you want in your fabulous French country kitchen sink.  That is exactly the image we want to give each person who views our Craigslist postings but not just from the wording but more importantly from the pictures.

As humans we are naturally visual thinkers, words help describe the new home and community but when we have a picture right in front of us we then are able to visualize how our lives can fit into that adorable new home.

The next time you post to Craigslist.org keep this checklist close by to make sure your pictures give each potential new home buyer a visual reference:

•    Make sure the picture quality isn’t low, Craigslist can accept as large of a picture as 5,000 pixels which looks amazing but isn’t very much needed.  But it also does not look very good when you can a tiny picture or a fuzzy picture.  We have noticed that keeping our pictures around 350 to 400 pixels is a perfect size.
•    Craigslist allows 4 pictures per posting, so make sure you take full advantage of this by having an exterior picture of the home and three interiors.  At NewHomesDirectory we like to use the kitchen, living room and master bedroom pictures as these are the areas people are more interested in.
•    Try not to use pictures of floorplans or renderings of exteriors as this will show that the home is not yet built and when people on Craigslist are searching for a new home they are more than likely wanting to buy now and move in as soon as possible.
•    If you are only able to use one picture for your postings make it count!  Again, don’t post a picture of a drawing and try to make sure it is an exterior picture.

Happy posting!