kind words, real names

Volume pricing as a referral agent saved me $4,000 in 2024. Em is now built into my commission math.

Property in Park Ridge for $1.1M. Em's aerial showed the deep backyard that the wide-angle interiors could not. Three offers in week one.

Two-story foyer photographed with three exposures blended. Looks like the sales brochure. Buyer told me they booked the showing because of that one photo.

Em photographed my own home when I sold it last year. I would not have trusted anyone else with my listing as an agent.

Aerial included as standard, drone authorized for Class B downtown, color-corrected interiors, vertical lines straight. I do not know why anyone uses another vendor.

My buyers can tell when listing photos are honest versus manipulated. Em's are honest. That builds trust before they walk in.

My brokerage signed a year-long contract with Em for all our luxury listings. The number speaks: 38 days to 19 days average market time.

Em has never tried to upsell me on something I do not need. He tells me when a listing needs the upgrade and when it does not. That honesty is rare.

I am Albanian. Em is Albanian. We work in shorthand. He knows what I want before I ask. That alone is worth the booking.

White balance consistent across every room. Verticals straight. Windows exposed. No fish-eye distortion. This is the bar. Em meets it every time.

Same-day rush for an active listing where another agent had just listed a comp. We out-photographed them in 24 hours. We out-sold them in 5 days.

24-hour turnaround every single time. I have used Em on 47 listings in 2024. He has never been late. Not once.

Em's HDR doesn't look like HDR. The interiors look like the room you actually walked into. That is harder than it sounds.

Em treated a $480K Lincolnwood ranch with the same attention as a $2.3M Lake Forest estate. Both came out gorgeous. That is who he is.

Floor plans, virtual staging, twilight exteriors — Em offers all of it through partners he's vetted himself. It's one stop for everything I need on a listing.

I used three other photographers before Em. None of them flew drones in downtown because none of them could. Em files LAANC and gets it done.

I have a phobia about photographers running long. Em is in and out in 90 minutes for a standard residential. Has never delayed one of my showings.

Got 38 photos on a $625K listing for $325. Including the aerial. Photo number 14 is now on the listing's the listing site hero. Sold in 6 days.

The MLS-ready master and the full-res masters separately delivered. Photoshop is no longer a step in my listing workflow.

The twilight upgrade on the luxury listings has converted four buyers who saw the photos before they ever walked the property. That is the ROI conversation.