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Programs that must be deleted from your computer

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Ahnsoft : 안철수 연구소 모듈처럼 위장한 악성코드
– ahnsbsb.exe, ahnfgss0.dll, ahnfgss1.dll
– ahnxsds0.dll, ahnxsds1.dll
애드웨어나 악성 광고 그리고 검색 도우미는 다 지우는 것이 좋습니다.
별로 도움도 안되고 사실 크롬으로도 요즘에는 다 가능하기 때문에(Google 짱)
Auto styling Plugin : 애드웨어
Addendum sidebar(gamjoa) : 악성 광고를 지원하는 프로그램
abouttopbar -: 익스플로러 창의 상단 Bar에 광고
ADDENDUM(키워드플러스바) : BHO
Addendum(ts) : BHO
Addendum – NM : BHO
Addendum – sb : BHO
Addendum Sidebar(gamejoa) : BHO
Addendum Sidebar(Sponslink) : BHO
Advenced Top C Manager : TopClick ( 탑 클릭 )
AKInteractive : 악성코드가 제일 많이 날아들어오는 프로그램
afreeca : 악성코드가 제일 많이 날아들어오는 프로그램
ALT C++ Video Flash Activex Manager : 다운로드 관리자
atbaddon : 쓸모없는 광고를 뜨게 합니다
Addendum_NM : 애드웨어
AuctionTab : 검색도우미 옥션탭 서비스
alkalinesv : 인터넷 검색도우미
Alsearch : 검색도우미
AntiAvoid : 바이러스 검사 및 치료
ANIJ : 그냥 쓰레기 프로그램입니다 삭제해주세요.
Atarget version 1.0 : 아이콘 상단에 팝업창 생성 및 검색 키워드 정보를 감시하는 검색 도우미
B
BoanK : 개인정보 보안 솔루션 보안K
Boanpro : 유료 개인정보 보안 솔루션 보안프로
BaroSearch : 바로서치, 검색도우미
boankeeper : 각종 사이트의 내 정보 유출에 대한 감시
Buddy Search : 버디버디 사이트에서 지원하는 인터넷 익스플로러 툴바
bpntup : 검색 도우미
개인 보안 솔루션도 마찬가지 입니다. 유명한 것들이 아니라면,
컴퓨터를 위해 비싼 비용을 지불하면서 쓰는 것이 아니라면 지우는 것이 좋습니다.
아니면 무료로 하시려면 네이버 백신이나 알약 두개만 설치하셔도 충분합니다.
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Conduit Search : 특정 해외사이트
checkboan : 개인정보 보안 솔루션
checkspeed : 유료 PC 최적화 프로그램
Clickmonster : 많은 광고창을 보여줍니다
Citrix : 온라인 플러그인(WEB)
CleenX : 바이러스 검사 및 치료 무료
CleanVaccine : 클리어백신
ContentSAFER : 저작건 관련 보안 프로그램, 웹 프로그램
cleancontrol, cobato : 안전 모드에서 삭제 불가, (바이러스 삭제 후 삭제가능)
ClearVaccine 또는 Clear-Vaccine : 악성코드 검사를 통해 유료 결제를 유도
CloudEngine : 인터넷이 느려지고, 메모리 자원을 마구 잡아먹는 프로그램
Code 119 : 프로그램 추가/삭제에서 삭제 가능
Code killer, CodeScan : 유료 악성코드 치료 프로그램
CodeSearch : 검색엔진
ContentSAFER for Wizmax : 악성 프로그램
Controlspeed : 애드웨어, 유료PC 최적화 프로그램
clksnrw : 특정웹사이트의 게시판 첨부파일을 실행하는 경우 생성되는 스파이웨어
CommonSvr : comuser
Configdata : 검색 엔진
cool-pc : 쿨피씨
crossplat : 크로스플렛
clisopt : 악성 프로그램
conduit : 악성 프로그램
CyberBoan : 유료 개인정보 보안 솔루션
D
Disk 1004 : 검색도우미
DiskBoan : PC 사용 흔적 검사를 통해 유료 결제를 유도
Di version  1.0.0
Dual Matching : 검색 도우미
DownLoadGet : 다운로드 도우미  다운로드 겟
datamodify : 스파이웨어
DirectKeyword2 : BHO
DualMatching : 악성 광고를 지원하는 프로그램
DownManager : 제휴(스폰서) 프로그램
DownLoadGet : 다운로드 도우미
DefenceVaccine : 유료 악성코드 제거 프로그램
E
EasyFavo : 검색도우미 (BHO)
EasyFileShare : 파일 공유를 쉽게
Easy0n : 검색 도우미
everytoolbar : BHO
Easy Search 1.0 : BHO
ezenjoy : 검색 도우미
EasysearchEngine : 검색도우미
eps : 빈파일 삭제하셔도 됩니다
EPKI Center EPKIWCtI Control : 보안 관련 프로그램
Enumerate-nm : 검색도우미
Enumerate Top Search – gt : 검색도우미
EBcbs Uninstall : 국내 악성코드
EasyPop : 일부로 설 치하지 않으셨다면 삭제하시길 권장합니다.
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FileVaccone : 유료 백신 프로그램
FineTop, First Click, Freespon uninstall : BHO
fastvaccine : 패스트 백신
forgetm : 작업 관리자 창을 띄어 프로세서 사용중지 시 자동제거
froductline : 가짜 백신 프로그램 파일로 의심
findkey : 인터넷 할 때 필요없는 광고 뜨게 함
FindTop : 특정 사이트 접속 시 웹 브라우저 상단에 검색바가 생성
Futurestream Client : 불필요한 광고창을 띄우는 애드웨어
File Ham 탐색기 : 웹 다운로드 업체 탐색기 홈페이지 바로가기 아이콘을 생성
Fileget , FileDown : 제휴 프로그램
Fwd : Order N1386607 : SPAM 이메일
개인 컴퓨터라면 주의해야할 점은(공용컴퓨터도 마찬가지로 조심해야하는 것은 맞지만 개인정보 유출 피해를 막기 위해)
팝업창은 우선적으로 차단하는 것이 좋습니다. 그리고 은행이나 정부기관 등의 설치가 아니라면 무조건 OK를 눌러서
설치하는 것도 바람직하지 않습니다. 이들 중 대부분이 악성웨어이며 때로는 자동으로 설치되는 경우가 있으니
꼭 한 번 확인해보세요~
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Gappl : 제휴(스폰서) 프로그램 : 옥션 바로가기
gogoPop : 인터넷 검색도우미
gonet_v249, good2_v117 : 스파이웨어
Guide0n : BHO
Guide0n Uninstall : BHO
H
Hint : 검색도우미 일부로 설치하지 않았다면 삭제!
Happymoney manager : 인터넷 쇼핑 머니, 인터넷 느려집니다
Hint 1.4 : BHO
HUBGATE Uninstall : 검색도우미 허브게이트
HubHelper : 검색도우미
HubGate : 검색도우미
halfguideon : 불필요한 광고창을 띄우고 시스템을 느리게 만드는 애드웨어
I
Icon guide, Internet gold-bar Clien, Internetinfos, infowise
interpopsite software : 삭제
Internet gold-bar Client, Internet linelink Client : 애드웨어
interezen : 좋지 않은 프로그램 웬만하면 삭제해주세요
iconguide, Info Tab, IPlus : 국내에서 제작되어진 스폰서 프로그램
IETab : BHO
info-green uninstall : 인포그린
InfoScan : 검사는 무료, 치료는 유료
Internet Explorer Webtoon Support : 웹툰을 자주보면 설치되는 프로그램 좋지 않은 프로그램입니다.
I
Internet IeFind : 광고성 툴바
InternetDownload : 다운로드 도우미
ISP Life : 인터넷 쇼핑 중, 모바일(ISP) 결제를 도와주는 프로그램
iSrchRo : 서치로
Internet Subjet Client : 검색 도우미
Internet svbar Client : 광고창 생성 및  웹 브라우저 하단에 광고바를 생성하는 검색도우미
Internet linelink Client : 검색 도우미
J
J2J25 ( J2J25.exe ) : 변조/복원 프로그램 입니다
Jangfile 1.0 : 파일 공유 프로그램
K
Keywordinfo : 인터넷 할 때 필요없는 광고를 뜨게함
KCW Ad Matching : 애드매칭
Keywordfind : BHO
Keyword Search : 광고바를 생성하는 프로그램
Keyword Search : 검색 도우미
KeywordYac : 프로그램 추가/제거에서 지워지지 않을 경우 알약에서 제거해주세요
KeyPang version 1.0 + kpupdate version 1.0 : 팝업창 생성 및 인터넷 검색시 광고창이 생성
Kinucc : 삭제
Kocoa_v136 : 스파이웨어
KCW Ad Matching : 검색도우미
KeywordTabUninstall : 애드웨어
Keyworinfo : 검색도우미
KeyCast : 검색에서 삭제 권고합니다
KeywordInfo : 검색에서 삭제 권고합니다.
Kesinfoi : 제휴 사이트로 이동시키는 프로그램
KeyMapper : 키보드의 키를 다른 키로 변경하는 프로그램
KeyPang version 1.0 : 검색도우미
KeyShape CertRelay(w) : 삭제
Kies : 주소나 연락처 등을 동기화 하는 프로그램
Kpang uninstall : 인터넷 Webtex 프린터 출력과 충돌
kpupdate version 1.0 : 검색도우미
KTH0penSearch : KTH 열린 주소창 검색 서비스
L
Live Keys : 애드웨어
Live Float : 검색도우미
Link Direct : 링크 다이렉트 피싱 프로그램
Live Keys :  BHO
Libar version 1.0.0 [삭제]
LocalBox : 상태 표시줄에 광고바를 생성하는 검색도우미
Live PC : 최적화 툴의 기능을 하는것처럼 보이지만 치료시 결제를 요청
Liveeasy : 꼭 필요하지 않을 경우 삭제 권장
M
MawebSAFER_KERIS(remove only) : 출력물 보안 모듈, 삭제!
MicroCloudEngine : 그리드 딜러버리
Mclean :  인터넷 익스플로러 실행하면 광고로 뜨는 프로그램
Micronames Muti Language Convert Service : 애드웨어
mysponsor unistall : 애드웨어
Miconsoft, Miconsoft Control management : 마이크로소프트와 유사한 이름으로 등록한 악질프로그램, 반드시 삭제!
microWEBAD : 마이크로소프트를 가장한 폴더 반드시 삭제!
MobinUsefull :  악성 프로그램
microsolution : 광고용 프로그램
Micro Window Capture opencap : 오픈캡 (0pencap )
micro_sponsor13 : Malware
MicroCloudEngine : Ahead.exe 파일로 검색됨
MemoryKeeper : 메모리 키퍼
Micropop : BHO
S
system launcherlcnt x86 (remove only) : 악성 광고를 지원하는 프로그램
SpeedSet, SpeedWindow : 유료 PC 최적화 프로그램
Save-Boan : 유료 개인정보 보안 솔루션
SaveBoan : 개인정보 보안 솔루션 프로그램
SISShortcut : 검색에서 삭제 권고
Smart Connection tc services : 국내 악성코드
Shoptopbar 1.00 + Cleversearchoc 1.00 : 국내 악성코드
SmartopenWeb : 팝업창을 생성하는 검색 도우미
SearchPack + sphelper : 광고를 생서하는 검색도우미
Speedbooting : 유료 PC 최적화 프로그램,애드웨어
speedcure : 유료 개인정보보호 프로그램
Sponsorkeyword Uninstall : 검색도우미
sponsormatch Uninstall : 검색도우미
SPY Medic : 악성코드치료 프로그램
stip version 1.0.0 : 삭제
sysh version 1.0.0 : 삭제
Suportloader : 스폰서들과 제휴하여 타사프로그램들이 설치됨
SuperAntiSpyware : 스파이웨어를 제거할 수 있는 가짜 프로그램
sysnonclose : 삭제해야 하는 그리드, 악성, 광고성 프로그램
system count Lab, system conduit Library : 제휴(스폰서) 프로그램
system countjage uninstall : 제휴(스폰서) 프로그램
system je word cnt, system Linenumber : 제휴(스폰서) 프로그램
system numcountelcnt : 반드시 삭제해야할 프로그램
system numKcount : 제휴(스폰서)프로그램
systemposy : 유료 개인정보 보안 프로그램에서 생성
system zerword program : 제휴(스폰서) 프로그램
T
The Game Supporter, toast version 1.0.0 : 삭제
Tool0n uninstall : 제휴(스폰서) 프로그램
Topcheker : 탑체크
toolon : 광고용 프로그램
Topspace Windows IE Platform : 탑 스페이스 BHO
tc(top click) : 인터넷 익스플로러에서 광고 노출을 위한 악성코드
Top Util : 탑 클릭과 같이 설치되는 프로그램
TabSync : 상단에 툴바(Toolbar), 광고탭(tabsync:tab), 광고창을 생성하는 검색도우미
topsearch : 국내 악성코드
tpnbbs : 검색 도우미
U
utiltop : 인터넷 검색시 웹 브라우저 하단에 광고바를 생성하는 검색도우미
updateusercnfg : 유료 개인정보보호 프로그램, 사용하지 않을 경우 삭제
uTorrent : 공유 프로그램 다운로드 모듈, 수시로 컴퓨터의 리소스를 사용함
usercnfg : 광고 프로그램
utilty systemds launcher : 제휴(스폰서)프로그램
utillauncher : 스파이웨어
utiltop Update Guide : 유틸탑 스폰서 프로그램 자동 업데이트
utilzone : 검색도우미
Util Zone : Live Pc 와 같이 깔리는 악성 코드
User dnControler manager : CPU-Z 한글판을 이용한 “사용자 업데이트 컨트롤 유포주의
utool Uninstall : 제휴(스폰서) 프로그램
uiguider : 사용자 몰래 광고 코드를 추가 검색 도우미
<<삭제하는 방법>>
01 > 왼쪽 아래 윈도우 버튼을 누르고 제어판을 들어가주세요.
02 > 제어판을 열고, 오른쪽 상단 검색창에 삭제할 단어들을 검색.
03 > 클릭 후 빠른 삭제!!
해당사항에 없으시면 안하셔도 됩니다. 이건 너무나 당연한 얘기입니다.
우선 백신 프로그램은 기본적으로 깔으시는 것이 좋을 것 같습니다.(윈도우 사용자라면 반드시)
그리고 주기적으로 검사를 하는 것이 좋고, 중요한 자료는 백업하는 것이 필수입니다.
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   로맨스가 +100상승하는 LA 인근 로맨틱한 저녁식사는 어디서?
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   LA 사진찍기 좋은 담벼락 찾기
   LA에서 최고로 맛있는 햄버거집은 어디일까요?
   바베큐 피크닉 함께 즐길 수 있는 장소 in LA
   국 비자의 종류와 비자 신청 대상자
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6 Easy Ways to Become a More Profitable Real Estate Investor

For many real estate investors, it’s tough to make a profit. It’s not as easy as the TV shows make it seem. But with some basic best practices, you can make some serious money.

I’ve invested in rental property for over 10 years now, and I’ve learned some tough lessons. However, I’m more bullish on real estate investing than I ever have been. There has never been a better time to be a landlord in America.

Real estate doesn’t change much, as it can take decades for a property to appreciate. What can change rapidly is how you manage your properties.

Before modern technology, tenants would:

  • Drive around and/or read the newspaper classifieds to find available rental properties.
  • Call and schedule a tour of the property.
  • Fill out a paper application.
  • If accepted, they would meet you at the property, an office, or a coffee shop to sign the lease.

If you’ve used any kind of technology in the past five years (like a smartphone), you’re aware of the benefits.

Real estate is prime for disruption because many agents and investors are using technology from the 90’s.

If you like the idea of using technology to save time, here are some ways to make your real estate business more profitable:

1. Install A Programmable Thermostat

Housing is a commodity and isn’t, by itself, personal. However, people crave personalization and want to feel special. If you are targeting a particular demographic, think of how you can offer extra and personalized features to the property. One of my friends caters to senior citizens, for example. He makes sure his doors are 33 inches wide and that the properties have security systems.

I like to target energy-conscious tenants. Even if you don’t personally care much about the environment, you probably don’t like having a high utility bill. I suggest getting the first-generation Nest to save money.

Nest is a programmable thermostat. Although programmable thermostats have been around a long time, the Nest is different because of its simplicity of use. My wife installed ours in less than 10 minutes and had it integrated on her iPhone in fewer than five minutes. And best of all: The Nest learns your behavior and automatically adjusts its settings. A Nest pays for itself in about a year.

Another great item to personalize a property for your energy-conscious tenant is the Philips Hue lightbulb, a programmable, color-changing LED bulb that gives users flexibility over the color of light emitted. This allows you to set the mood for any occasion.

2. Install High-Tech Locks

What happens when one of your tenants gets locked out?

Many tenants live on their smartphones and enjoy the productivity benefits. So consider adding a smart lock that can open with a key or bluetooth. This is a benefit to tenants in case they need to let a friend in, and it’s a benefit to you as you can grant temporary access to maintenance workers.

3. Use Online Systems

Offline and paper-based transaction methods are time-consuming and costly.

The cost with using a paper-based system is with the extra time it takes to sort through paper-based applications, screen tenants manually, and process checks. This problem is exacerbated in my business, since I have a business partner and we like to share information.

To solve this, I use Cozy. With Cozy, all these processes are fast and easy because we have a company log-in that we both use.

4. Collect Rent Electronically

The number one complaint I hear from tenants is that their landlord doesn’t accept electronic payments. Making tenants write a check and mail it to you is not timely, efficient, or convenient. Other tenants want to pay in cash, which requires you to collect in person, which is also inefficient.

Cozy offers a way for tenants to pay their rent electronically.

  • If your tenants set up an ACH transfer, payments are deposited within 3-5 days of the tenant initiating the payment, and it’s free for them.
  • If your tenant pays with a credit card, they pay 2.75%. The money is deposited 1-2 days after they pay.

I encourage you to visit the “How Payments Work” section on Cozy’s website for more information.

5. Develop a Niche Brand

Branding your business by clearly communicating who you are to the public can be beneficial.

I’m a coffee fanatic, for example, and I make it a point to buy a coffee mug from every title company I have a closing with. Recently, a title company was trying to get my business, and they brought my team and me branded glasses. I told them this was unique. They responded with:

We know you have everybody else’s coffee mugs, so we thought you should get glasses.

I guess my brand is getting around!

Business cards are often thrown away, but coffee mugs with the name of your company and phone number are incredibly useful.

You can also offer a monthly giveaway for local products and services. The cost of this branding doesn’t have to be expensive, and the payoff from longer-leasing tenants and referrals can make this a huge return on investment.

6. Upgrade Your Computer’s Security

With wireless connectivity for several applications in your properties along with Wi-fi that is sometimes public, security will be the forefront of any conversation about technology advances.

As landlords, we collect a lot of information about our tenants: names, phone numbers, address, income, workplace, next of kin, references, etc.  It’s not too farfetched to think of personalized services based on this information. However, what would happen if this data were stolen?

I recommend taking extra security precautions with internet-based tools such as using a password manager like 1Password, which saves all your PINs, passwords, and even credit card information in one place. When you need to sign into something, you just have to click once. 1Password information is encrypted, so you never have to worry about that information being hacked.

 

Credit to Jimmy Moncrief

Jimmy is a multifamily real estate investor and bank credit officer.

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Noisy Neighbors Drive Me Crazy. Now What?

Whether you’re a renter in an apartment building, a duplex, or any other rental home, you deserve relatively quiet living conditions, no matter how many neighbors live nearby.

While neighborly noise is to be expected once in a while, a neighbor’s blaring stereo, shouting matches, or late night dance parties might take things too far.  So what should you do when you can’t handle the noise?

What Not to Do: A Personal Story

During my renter years, I moved into what seemed like an ideal scenario: a budget rent price for a modest upstairs unit in a landlord’s house. Things seemed great at first, until the landlord and her teenage daughters regularly shouted at one another from 5 a.m. to 6 a.m., consistently waking me after just a few hours of sleep. If I tapped on the floor (their ceiling) to remind them of the noise, the landlord yelled at me to shut up! Unbelievable, right?

They also kept a young doberman in a cage while they were away at work and school. Naturally, he wasn’t thrilled about and he barked. A lot. When the kids came home from school, he barked even more, at which point the angrier of the teens would shake the cage and shout at the dog. I’m sure it was traumatic for the dog, and all the noise and anger traumatized me for years, even after I left.

I couldn’t afford to move out, so I dealt with the nighttime noise by turning on a loud fan before bed each night to help lessen the impact of the downstairs discord. I was afraid to complain too much for fear of eviction, especially since we didn’t have a written lease. Once I finally earned enough to move out, I moved, posthaste.

Quiet Enjoyment

Don’t put yourself through the anguish I suffered for years when I was too inexperienced to know how to handle such things. Every renter — even in a situation such as mine — has a right to quiet enjoyment, the right to a peaceful place to live. This doesn’t mean you won’t hear an upstairs neighbor walking or moving furniture from time to time. It means the place should be peaceful enough from day to day to sleep or to carry on daily activities without being interrupted by aggravating levels of neighborly noise.

Step 1: Give a Simple Neighborly Suggestion

If you know your neighbor — at least well enough to share a friendly smile or “hello” once in a while — point out in a calm, gentle manner that their speakers, dog, or television is so loud it’s disruptive. It could be that they’re unaware that anyone else can hear what goes on behind closed doors, or maybe they think their dog is quiet while they’re away for the day. For your own records, write down the date, a summary of what each of you said to one another, and whether the issue was resolved.

If you feel intimidated about approaching your neighbor directly, go to Step 3 below.

Step 2: Read Your Lease

If your neighbor isn’t responsive or repeatedly causes a cacophony that keeps you up all hours of the night, it may be time for more serious action. If you live in a building, read your rental agreement to look for any language about excessive noise. Make a copy of the page, highlighting the appropriate information, and give it to the noisy neighbor. Be sure to point out any verbiage about potential for eviction due to noise violations or information about “quiet hours” in which all tenants are expected to be relatively quiet.

Step 3: Contact the Landlord

Contact your landlord, and spell out exactly what’s going on: the type of noise, when and how often it happens, and any methods you’ve taken to try to resolve the issue yourself. If the noise has been going on for hours, ask an on-site property manager or the landlord to check out the situation while it’s happening.

Step 4: Get Your Town Involved

If your neighbor’s noise can be heard outside or from shared common areas such as a hallway, they may be in violation of local noise ordinances.  Contact the non-emergency police number if you can’t find this information on your town’s website. Ask the representative for information about noise regulations. If your neighbor is in violation of the ordinance, let the landlord know. It’s in the landlord’s best interest to deal with the problem since he or she could be held responsible and receive a warning or citation.

If the noise sounds dangerous or threatening or all of your efforts have seemed in vain so far, contact the police. This approach works best if the noise has been going on for hours or if it happens at the same time regularly. The police or a noise-enforcement official may visit with a decibel meter to determine whether your neighbors are in violation of local laws.

Step 4: Arrange a Meeting

Contact other neighbors to see if they’ve been bothered by the noise. If so, arrange a meeting with your landlord and all affected, including the noisy neighbor. Power in numbers may be enough to convince the neighbor to quiet down or for the landlord to evict a noisy tenant. If it seems the noisy person isn’t interested in quieting down, inform them that you and the others plan to take them to small claims court if things don’t change. Also say that the cause is well-documented by you, other tenants, the landlord, and even local authorities. All of this evidence may be enough to create a peaceful environment.

Alternate Action: Moving Out

Since you are guaranteed a peaceful living environment, you may have the right to terminate your lease if lack of peace is an ongoing issue.

Credit to Kathy Adams

Kathy is an award-winning investigative journalist, not to mention a writer, brand blogger, decor/DIY expert, renter, commercial landlord. She also writes for brands such as Behr, Kroger, Canon and Black+Decker on topics pertaining to home and apartment decorating and maintenance.

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4 Surefire Tips for Better Listing Photos

Simply understanding how to use a few key camera settings and pieces of equipment can make all the difference.

It can’t be stressed enough: Great photos help sell homes. The National Association of REALTORS®’ own research shows that well over 90 percent of home shoppers look online for at least a part of their search. For almost half of all buyers, accessing digital listings is the very first step in their process. And while there’s been much speculation as to the homebuying behaviors of millennials, this much is known for sure: Digital natives are much more comfortable with browsing home listings from mobile devices.

None of this is breaking news, but it does highlight just how important digital representation can be when you’re trying to show a home. One industry study found that when listings were accompanied by high-quality photos taken with professional equipment, they spent significantly less time on the market and fetched a premium of $3,400 on average.

Unfortunately, interior shots pose a variety of photographic challenges that are difficult for amateur photographers. Real estate pros shouldn’t be expected to transform overnight into professional camera wielders, but you can certainly benefit from a few tricks up your sleeve and some decent equipment.

Don’t Turn Toward the Light

This scenario might feel familiar: You want to show off the new windows in your client’s living room, but every time you snap a photo, the image is totally blown out. Photos with dark foregrounds and overexposed windows are a common problem that happens when ambient light from the outdoors tricks the camera’s light meter into overcompensating. A flash will balance out the lighting in the room, giving you a better shot. Alternatively, you can use your camera’s manual controls and settings. The right settings depend on the kind of equipment you have, however. For many point-and-shoot digital cameras, it’s mainly a matter of adjusting the ISO, although you may want to set the aperture to f/2.8 as well, if your camera offers that flexibility. For shots near a window, typically an ISO setting of around 400 to 800 works well, although you may want to go higher if you have particularly low light in the foreground. If you have full manual control of your camera, you can increase the shutter speed, which will allow less light into the camera sensor.

Try HDR Tonemapping

The main problem with photographing daylit interiors is that it’s difficult to balance between ambient daylight, artificial lighting, and dark shadows behind walls and in rooms away from the foreground. This situation presents a range of different exposures, and while the human eye automatically adjusts for the various levels, the camera will have a hard time making sense of it all. HDR, which is short for high dynamic range, is a common tool for handling such lighting situations. In essence, the photographer takes three or four photos in rapid succession, which are then combined into one image using specialized software like HDRSoft. Usually, one shot is at normal exposure, one is overexposed, and one underexposed. When those three exposures are combined into one, you’ll see all the details that the human eye can perceive. This results in photos with a vibrant, luminous quality.

Many point-and-shoot cameras have an exposure value meter, which can help you compose under- and overexposed shots. Generally, the meter reads a value of zero on the normal setting, +1 or +2 for overexposed shots, and —1 or —2 for underexposure. Use a tripod so you can play with different exposures while maintaining the same angle on each shot. You’ll also want to make sure automatic flash is turned off for this method. It takes time to perfect this technique, of course, but it can help you capture more detail in challenging settings.

Buy the Right Equipment

Unless you have a surgeon’s steady hands, you’re going to need a tripod in some situations. A tripod helps compose poised shots and avoid blurry photos, but it’s also incredibly important if you’re dabbling in HDR or mixing up shutter speeds. The longer your exposure time, the more likely it is that subtle movements will show up in the final product. You should use a tripod anytime you nudge the ISO to a higher range. Also, if you’re taking wide shots of the home’s exterior or enlarging your photos, even the tiniest shake will be a lot more obvious. In certain conditions, even the slightest breath can create a shaky shot. Avoid this dilemma with a lightweight foldable tripod.

You may also want to invest in a point-and-shoot with a wide-angle lens. When buyers are browsing through real estate listings, they really want to get a sense of the space. But that’s difficult to translate into photos unless you have a wide-angle option. This is important not just for exterior shots but for indoor compositions as well. A wider lens in the interior gives rooms a sense of luxury and space that you just can’t get with a regular shot. Point-and-shoot cameras that have a large range in their focal length specification are ideal; the lower the value at that end of the range, the wider the shot will be.

If you’re really interested in refining your shots, you’ll want a camera with manual controls that allow you to adjust shutter speeds on your own. Or it may be time to graduate to a digital single-lens reflex camera, especially if you want to experiment with wide-angle lenses (with focal lengths under 35mm, used for very wide shots). DSLRs have come down in price recently, especially since manufacturers like Canon and Nikon have introduced entry-level DSLRs aimed at beginner photographers. Usually these run for around $300 to $700, and they are available with bundled lens kits to get you started trading out lens lengths for sharper photos.

Get Rid of the Clutter

Staging photos ahead of time by cleaning off counters, tabletops, and floors can turn an ordinary listing into a real stunner. Clear your photography appointment with your client before you arrive, and tell them to clean, clean, clean. Even a detail as minute as a crooked picture frame or a rolled carpet edge can detract from your photos, so be sure to run over your shots with a fine-toothed comb. Decluttering means no power cords or vacuum cleaners in the shot—but it doesn’t mean completely sterile surfaces. A few welcoming touches like a stack of books, a vase of flowers, or a set of candles will make the space feel lived-in and homey. After all, that’s what you’re really selling anyway: a vision of buyers’ future lives in a new and welcoming abode.

 

Credit to Erin Vaughan

Erin Vaughan is a blogger, gardener, and aspiring homeowner.  She currently resides in Austin, TX where she writes full time for Modernize, with the goal of empowering homeowners with the expert guidance and educational tools they need to take on big home projects with confidence.

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