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Posted on 3/4/2005

Hard money loan requests accompanied by photos are funded at a rate of better than 2:1. In hard money lending, good quality photos really can be worth a thousand words - or thousands of dollars.

  1. Use a digial camera to save time and money on scanning them to get them into your computer for emailing.
  2. Email the photos - don't send them in an envelope, where they get lost among the papers on your potential lender's desk.
  3. Take photos in good daylight. Use flash if the light is even a little pale. Make sure the photos are bright and the contrast is good. Use a photo editor to fix colors, lightness, etc. Dark muddy photos make your property look less valuable.
  4. Take close up photos showing the building, interiors, etc. A photo from across the street tends to reduce the impact of the building - crop your photos to show things off to their best advantage.
  5. Clean the place up before taking photos. Do not let garbage or untidy lumps, bumps, and bundles spoil the value of your loan request.
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