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Staten Island Real Estate - Virtual Tours A Must to Sell Your Home

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Real Estate Broker/Owner with John J Picciurro, VIP Real Estate, Inc.

As a Sales Manager of a Real estate company, I know how important it is to have your listing noticed in the marketplace. Realtors have a really good tool to use. 

Virtual Tours offer up a window of opportunity for to the seller, the buyer and also the Realtor. Video, stills or even the fish eye camera provide buyers with not just a snapshot of your home, but provide flow from room to room. When done correctly, and with fair to good quality photos or movies, buyers can get a much better perspective of the property so that they can choose which home they might want to see in person.

Although I'm not a Virtual Tour expert, I have done enough of these tours for my agents to know that they can  be done at virtually no cost, and with proper staging look as though they have been done professionally. There are a variety of on line tour sites where you can create a really nice tour by doing the work yourself.

I know that not every house listed is Virtual Tour material at first, but most can be if a little effort is put into it. I'm amazed how many really beautiful homes have no tour visible to the buying public, especially now that Realtor.com offers a link from your local MLS for a small charge. Buyers today shop from their computers for just about everything, house buying is near the very top of the list. This is where most buyers start their search, so would'nt it make sense to go with a tour. Buy a good camera, do it yourself and enjoy the satisfaction of creating your own masterpiece. Your sellers and buyers would appreciate it.

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Melissa Maszy Cruz, GRI, ABR, CDPE, SFR, e-Pro
RE/MAX Town & Country Realty - Winter Springs, FL
Call or text (407) 733-8363
I agree and am glad it's catching on! It became clear how important these tours are when one of my clients sold her own listing because buyers saw the house and tour on the internet. They fell in love and called her to see it. During inspections, I asked the buyer, do you look at homes on the internet that have none or few pictures? She said if it doesn't have a tour she moves on to the next property. The thing is these tours ARE affordable. A few of my clients pay $30 per month to list an unlimited amount of tours with no linking fee to Realtor.com. In Florida, 80% of buyers last year started their search on the internet before even contacting an agent. That fact alone should convince more agents to step it up with a virtual tour. Keep up the good work, great post!
Jan 26, 2008 05:58 AM
Thomas Santore Lic Associate Real Estate Broker
Coldwell Banker Realty/Coldwell Banker Commercial NRT - Yorktown Heights, NY
RealtorĀ®-ABR-Land, Residential & Commercial Sa
I do a tour for all my listings. More agents need to read this.
Jan 26, 2008 06:00 AM