Pet Peeve
I'm househunting right now, and I came across one of my biggeset pet peeves. Perhaps this bugs me because I actually work in the real estate industry. I am the one who puts houses on the market. I am the one who goes and takes the photos. I am the one who writes up the ads. I am the one who does everything she can to give the best and most honest photographic and written portrayal of a home to prospects. I am also the one who gets to have the not-so-fun conversation with homeowners about the need to de-clutter their homes. I am the one who on occasion will even make an unmade bed, shove junk in a box, or hide things out of the camera's view just so I can get the best shot. It's not hard. It's necessary. I know this because when I come across photos of a home where the inside is such a disaster that it's hard to imagine my own stuff there, then I just breeze right on by it, and consider another home. I am the type o...