The importance of professional photos

[Jonathan Thrasher]

I've been a professional photographer for 12 years so obviously I'm a little biased when it comes to this subject but I've heard so many times from clients how much having professional photos helped sell the home.  We've all seen and read the posts about how important staging is, well the photos are just as important if not more important.  Even if you don't stage a property, professional photos over crappy cell phone photos are guaranteed to get more attention and therefor get more potential buyers walking through the door.  

I just wanted to share some examples from a listing a just shot here in Michigan.  Here are some of the photos from it's previous listing my client shared with me followed by the photo I took from around the same angle.   Which photos do you think show the home best?  :)