You do video too? I need to dig one up and send it to you that I saw a couple months ago. It was a real estate agent who had the video cam and walked all over the house and narrated. They even went outside and walked around the neighborhood and then walked to the beach just so you could see how far it was. It was the best I have ever seen as a replacement for not actually going into the house.
Next would probably be FaceTime with an agent. We did that with two houses last week. And especially if it's your age and you can ask questions like what's behind that door 
As for pictures trying to make a room or house look as good as possible, I get where you're coming from. The job is to make people want to buy the house. What I see is a problem is that people are realizing this and having to factor it in. Because once you get into the house and realize the kitchen's a lot smaller than it looked in the pictures, the whole purpose is defeated? But I guess you're right agents don't care as long as someone gets into the house. We are trying to buy in a different state completely.
I do want to ask you a question. My husband and I were talking about this last night. Since we will be selling a house when we buy another one, and I have seen literally thousands of houses over the last year, it looks like there are fewer and fewer houses that show as people are actually living there. How does this work do people move out and then stage the house and show it? Do you see that happening more and more? I remember there was a show on HGTV that's no longer on the air but it was this guy that went in and showed people why their house wasn't selling. He made them pack up rooms and take those boxes to storage. When they were done what was left was a completely pared down house. But the beauty of it was that they had most of their packing already done. I thought this was really smart.
Sorry to go on and on so much. We want to move when my husband retires next May so pressures on.
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