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Instructions
for Adding Listings to For Sale Baton Rouge Photo Real Estate Classifieds
Photo
classified ads now FREE! Must
have own digital photos to upload - up to 12 photos allowed.
Instructions
on how to list your own home, investor or builder listings right from
your own computer (no agents or brokers):
It
is best to print this page before adding your listing. If
there are problems uploading photos try reducing the size or email them
to forsalebatonrouge@yahoo.com as a last resort with the home address,
for sale information and contact information.
1st
- Create An Account -
FSBO (owners), Builders, Flippers or Investors only:
- Click Login
at top of page, then Create A New User Account to set
up your online listing account.
- Name should
be a login name of your preference as you want it to appear on the listing
- spaces are allowed (ex: Jane Doe or
jdoe or lsufan).
- Remember your password!
- Fill out the remainder
of the desired contact information as you want it to appear at the bottom
of your listing - crucial for success!
- Info
section should include the best time and method of reaching you or additional
contact information. Businesses benefit from filling out the info area
with their business contact information.
2nd
- Add A Listing:
- After
Login, click Add a Listing in the next screen
to open the listing form.
- Fill out
the Listing form:
- The more information
you fill out in the form about the home will help it to sell!!
- The Title
is most important and should include the street address,
followed by the city, such as:
1234 Pecan Grove - Baton Rouge.
- Notes
field is to help you recognize the listing for editing, so only
a brief description is needed or just copy a portion of the Description
and paste it there.
- Equally important
is the Area field, since many people search by
area (i.e.: 9 or 90) or put area names common to your city/area
(i.e. Garden District or Uptown).
- You
should fill out at least the following fields:
Address, City, Parish, State, Zip, Area (1-9 or name),
Neighborhood (or subdivision if known), Price
(NO commas or symbols, ex: 140000),
Full Description (selling points or unique details
about your home), Type, Beds, Baths, Floors (how
many stories, ex: 1, 1.5, 2,
etc.), Year Built, Square Feet, Lot Size
(if known)
- Then check
off the Home Features and Community features
that match your property if desired
- Click Submit
at the bottom of the form to post your listing. It will be made active
by the system administrator once ad is reviewed (1-5 days).
3rd
- Add Photos:
- After submitting
the listing, then choose Edit My Listing
- Click Edit
Images to add your exterior and interior photos (up to 12 photos).
- Under Upload
a Picture at the bottom of the page, click Browse
next to the Send this picture field.
- Choose the folder
and file where the picture is located, then click Open
to upload the photo.
- Photos must
be under 150K in size and owned by the person posting
, and is recommended to be no more than 800 pixels wide (message
will appear if photo is too large or wide). Use Microsoft Photo
Editor to resize images or other
image program, then Save As new files to protect original photos.
- If
necessary, email the photos to forsalebatonrouge@yahoo.com to have
photos reduced in size (include name and address of property)
and we will either email the reduced photos back to you or add them
to the site -- your preference.
- No MLS, real
estate agent photos of homes allowed. Photos must be owned or taken
by you or a non-agent or real estate business.
- The photo appears
with info to fill out. Each photo should be Ranked
the way you want them to appear with 1 showing first, left to right
(1, 2, 3, etc.) and should have
a brief Caption (ex: Living
Room, Backyard, etc.), Description field
is not necessary to fill out. Up to 12 photos allowed.
- Click Update
below each photo after you have uploaded and filled out the Rank
number (important) and Caption.
- After adding photos,
click Return to Edit Listing at the top of the Modify
listing / Add images screen,
- The system will
notify For Sale Baton Rouge that your listing is ready for us to review
and approve. Give us 1-5 days to review and activate your ad.
Go to View
Listings to see your property's web listing link and be sure
to tell your friends and family about your listing! Printable full-color
fliers of your home will be emailed to you within a week. We encourage
you include "View on forsalebatonrouge.com"
in any classified advertisement or on your existing fliers.
You can edit
your listing at any time using the same instructions above by going to
Login, then Edit Listing, to mark it sold, change info or change/add pictures.
How
to edit your listing:
To change information, mark it pending or sold, or to delete it
- Click
Login, then Edit My Listings, then click
the listing you want to edit or choose delete above the listing
to remove it
- Your listing form
appears and simply use the steps above to edit your listing
- It is helpful to
mark a listing pending until closing, then mark it as sold (leave for
about a week to let people know it is sold).
- Listings stay until
you or we delete it.
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