Are Open Houses dead since we have 24/7 Interactive 3-D Virtual Tours?

  Traditional Open House: 

1. Go to bed early night before
2. Get up early & spend one hour strategically putting up 12 open house signs & flags
3. Go to office and print out extra property information sheets & brochures
4. Find your open house registry
5. Buy cookies and a case of water
6. Go home, take shower, get ready for showtime
7. Arrive 30 minutes early
8. Set up book, brochures & water
9. Turn on lights
10. Sit and wait
11. Sit and wait some more
12. Pop up immediately when someone drives up
13. Smile, chatter and pry
14. Beg for email address
15. Pick up heart off floor as they tell you they have an agent already & this house is over their budget
16. Sit and wait some more
17. Eat too many cookies
18. Finally go to the bathroom, only to have someone show up just when you get "busy"
19. Smile, chatter and pry
20. Beg for email address
21. Bid adeiu
22. Repeat all for next 2 1/2 hours
23. Lock up and spend 45 minutes taking down signs
24. Go home and have large amount of red wine

   New 24/7 Interactive 3-D Virtual Open House by Matterport

1. Hire Matterport-participating photographer when you get photos taken
2.  Have Matterport photographer perform the 3D scan
3. Have Matterport photographer upload 3D tour and set up dedicated property websites (click HERE and HERE to see my new properties with 3D Tours!)
4. Attach Matterport 3D Virtual Tour (unbranded) to ML
5. Also link (branded) Matterport Interactive Tour to Zillow, Trulia, your company website, YOUR website, your Gallery Matterport website, Facebook, Twitter, Linked-In, etc etc etc
6. Send link (branded) to your favorite agents and sphere of influence
7. Stay up late Saturday night
8. Walk dogs
9. Go to church, breakfast, walk dogs, go to beach, take a drive, have more coffee, read the entire paper, watch old movies in bed, get a pedicure, drink mimosas, make cookies, get a tan, etc etc etc.
10. Make appointments with SERIOUS buyers when they call "excited and gushing" over the 24/7 Interactive 3D Virtual Open House experience by Matterport. 

Curious? Check out www.Matterport.com and www.We-Get-Around.com to learn more about this revolutionary new tool!

Well, I'm not sure I'll never do another Sunday Open House, after all some sellers are old school and really expect it, but I am certain I will use 3D Virtual Tours on every listing going forward! I love the way you can move from room to room as you wish, and you get the true idea of space if the home is furnished. It's 24/7. It can save you from a lot of unproductive showings and wasting your time. Very cool tool! Try it out like I did!