Last night I saw a brief news blurb about two differing opinions on technology. One side claimed we are slowing down and there are no great economic opportunities in our technology future , and the other side claimed there is so much new technology coming our way, but it will be very advanced and only benefit highly skilled job seekers. I tend to believe the latter (MIT Scholar) simply because it is a slightly happier story about job opportunities in USA, but in any case technology is a big part of any REALTORS tool kit so you the Methow Valley real estate consumer can benefit. Here is one emerging service in Methow Valley real estate where the Buyer, Seller and the Realtor will all save time win-win-win.
The new technologies for REALTORS revolve around utilizing the data phones and appropriate applications. When the smart phone became available, this tool was invaluable to REALTORS because it is like a mini computer in your hand and can go anywhere you go. Now that same concept is being served up to the Methow Valley consumer. You can now take your Iphone, Droid or Blackberry and see both the outside of the home and get to see the interior images too of most listed homes throughout Methow Valley including Winthrop Wa, Mazama, Twisp, Carlton and Methow Valley.
Here is how this is accomplished: first see if the flyer box of the home you are interested in has a QR code. (The QR code stands for Quick Response.) Second you will need to download a QR reader application for your smart phone. Most of these are free; here is a site where you can download these free applications: http://redlaser.com. If you visit this site you will notice that you can also download a bar code scanner. That means every time you go shopping, you can see what the bar code price is for any coded item that you might be interested in purchasing. It is the same concept, download the scanner, and then just snap a picture from the scanner application.
Below is what the QR codes look like for my friend page on Facebook:
What does this mean for Buyers and Sellers interested in Methow Valley real estate? What happens if a Buyer drives by a Methow Valley Home that is listed for sale that they are interested in because of seeing the outside? The Methow Valley real estate Buyer can simply grab a photo image of the QR code ( if the home has one on the flyer box, and the buyer has the scanner application downloaded), and the data from the mobile site downloads interior images of the home right into their phone. A prospective purchaser can drive away from a home, while the images are loading and check them out at a convenient time. What does that mean for the seller? Now the drive by buyer will be better qualified to make a decision if the property they are looking for on the outside will be a good fit because they have already seen the inside images. This saves everyone valuable time. Time is saved by the Seller by having showings scheduled by serious purchasers who have seen both the outside, and the interior images, indicating that they are quite serious about touring the home. Once a showing is scheduled the Methow Valley Seller will have most likely vacuumed, dusted and cleaned up extensively for a showing on their beautiful home. Thus ensuring the Drive by Buyer is very interested is a definite plus. The busy Methow Valley Realtor has not scheduled a showing with Buyer who will lose interest upon viewing the interior, and can more efficiently focus their valuable time on further marketing efforts such as building valuable mobile sites for the lisitng.
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