I'm in need of the feedback from the ActiveRain community!
I offer professional real estate photography and virtual tours to the Nashville TN metro-area. Demand for my services has picked up at a brisk pace, but there are still several realtors who, in my opinion, are still "not getting it".
More and more of my Realtor clientele are realizing the importance of high quality photography to market their real estate listings - particuarly given the rather high inventory levels. However, roughly 70% of agents are informing me that good pictures and a high quality virtual tour of some sort do not help in the marketing of the property.
SO - I'm looking for the following --
(1) what do you think is a fair amount to pay for a virtual tour: $100-$150, $150-$200, $200+ ?? (mine include a property website...with a personalized URL for the property address....a still image gallery, and full-screen 360 panoramas). I also provide them with copies of the still images for posting to the local MLS.
(2) How much of an impact do you feel a high-quality virtual tour lends itself towards the selling of your listing?
FYI - here are a few links to some online blogs to hear what other Realtors, as well as home-buyers and home-sellers, are saying - http://www.nashvtp.com/benefits.htm
Below are the links to two virtual tours, and some photography work as well. The first virtual tour was for a $2.5M listing, and the other was for a $500,000 listing.
Thanks!
Jason Bennett - Nashville Virtual Tours & Photography - http://www.nashvtp.com
I know what you mean. But I'd like to know how the realtor knows whether or not the virtual tour and high quality photos help sale or not? We know for a fact that people look for properties with pictures when looking online.
There are some realtors though who have been in the game for awhile and the old way still seems to work as well (probably because they are well known since they've been around awhile?) But nowadays newer realtors are seeing the need to have a marketing edge, since this business has become so competitive. I've started up a working list of what my competitors charge, this way I know my competition. But the average here seems to be about the $100.00. And most dont really offer a "virtual tour" just a bunch of stills. Which is misleading if you ask me!
BTW- your pictures are fabulous!
-Carolyn