Damon Botticelli's (botticelli) Blog

This is an entry in The ActiveRain 2017 Photography Contest for the category "Real Estate - Interior".This was a very challenging room to photograph. If you use flash, all you see in the windows is flash. If you try to expose for the interior without flash, the windows look like mirrors and you c...

This is an entry in The ActiveRain 2016 Photography Contest for the category "Real Life - Travel/Places".I noticed there was a full moon and wanted to see what it looked like through a 300mm zoom lens. 

This is an entry in The ActiveRain 2016 Photography Contest for the category "Real Estate - Main listing photo".I photographed this house for a listing this summer, but never sold it.  3 weeks later, the owners decided to move back in and stay a while.  I'm convinced it had something to do with h...

Managing your own rental property is easy...until it's not.I understand why some landlords decide to self manage their rental properties. In fact, that's how I got started in 1996…still in college and about to get married, I read several books about no money down real estate investing and creatin...

Real Estate Photographer - Long Island, NY - http://www.LongIslandRealEstatePhotography.com/ Shift in Real Estate advertising...Recently, I was talking to my brother who has been a professional portrait photographer for years with New York studio locations on Long Island in Hunting Station, West ...

Compare these stats to the data collected in July 2011    The following rental statistics are all median values on single family detached homes and patio homes leased within the last 6 months.  They are between 1000 to 3000 square feet, built after 1996, without pools and without furniture.  Age ...

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There's many reasons why you might want to take your real estate business paperless... For me, the search began when I got a critical phone call from a short sale negotiator at 7pm on a Friday night.  I'm sure they were expecting my voicemail because she explained she had to make calls on 40 file...

Photo GalleryDescriptionEnjoy all the upgrades & the gourmet kitchen in this amazing dream home! Appraised for over 1.2M in 2006! Guard gated, luxury 6 bedroom home with pool & spa on an over sized lot with separate casita in Southern Highlands.FeaturesBedrooms: 6Bathrooms: 6Parking Spaces: 5Yea...

Photo GalleryDescriptionWell cared for 2 bedroom unit with attached 1 car garage in gated community with community pool. Corner unit with garages below and no one above.FeaturesBedrooms: 2Bathrooms: 2Year Built: 2005Located on Floor #: 2Floors in Bldg: 2Square Footage: 1060Agent Name: Damon Bott...