Real Estate Services- We specialize in a variety of marketing services for the real estate professional. We offer photography packages for MLS listings, 360 degree virtual tours, video introductions, video tours and interactive CD/DVDRom to host all your homes for display in high resolution. Please contact us for a sample Interactive CD Tour as the files are too large for internet display....
Did you know that 82% of all home buyers use the internet as search tool to locate real estate? In the year 2003 there were 12 million people a month looking at real estate online. In a recent study in 2006 the number jumped to 155 million a month. If your not pursuing this large customer database then your missing out. Capture this audiences attention and keep it with our dynamic market tools designed to help sell your property. At bottom of this page are some great examples of how these tools work in the market place
Real Estate Marketing Services Quote
1 MLS Basic Listing Package
(includes 10 print and web based images
for your Exclusive use) = $35 $45/w slideshow add $10 to put into existing template
1 360' Virtual Tour
(includes a Low-Res web based version and a
High-Res CDROM based version) =$60 add $10 to add into existing template
1 Video Tour of Property
(includes a short edited film in a web based format and a
High-Res version for CDROM Now available in HD) = $250 add $10 to add into existing template
1 Video Introduction
Market yourself to your potential customers 24 hours a day!
(includes a web and CD based format)= $300 add $10 to add into existing template
1 Deluxe property tour
(includes 10 print and web based images in a slideshow,
(1) 360' virtual tour and 1 video tour) = $325 add $25 to put all into existing CDROM template
1 Dynamic CDROM Tour Template
(includes a custom template designed for use with pictures, 360 degrees virtual tours and video tours. Also includes web links to your site and any related properties) =$650
I can also put together custom packages for any need so feel free to ask! Justin Miller 208-691-8498
New NAR Survey of Home Buyers and Sellers Shows Growing Web Use in a Dynamic Housing Market
WASHINGTON (July 15, 2003) – Nearly three out of four homebuyers now use the Internet as a tool when searching for a home, and those who use the Internet are more likely to use real estate professionals, according to a new survey by the National Association of Realtors.
The 2003 National Association of Realtors® Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers, based on transactions during the first quarter of this year, is the latest is a series of surveys evaluating marketing, demographics and other characteristics of home buyers and sellers. It shows that 71 percent of homebuyers used the Internet in their search for a home during the first quarter of 2003, up from 41 percent during 2001.
NAR President Cathy Whatley, owner of Buck & Buck Inc. in Jacksonville, Fla., said warnings that online information would reduce reliance on real estate professionals have proved to be false. "Almost every home placed on the market today can be found on the Internet, and more buyers than ever are using the Web to search for a home," she said. "Nearly 90 percent of Internet searchers used a real estate professional, compared to 79 percent of non-Internet users."
More Than 12 Million Surfers Turned to the Web for Home Buying Research in March
NEW YORK, PRNewswire-- Nielsen//NetRatings, the global standard for Internet audience measurement and analysis, reports that more than 12 million surfers or nearly 10 percent of the online active population accessed real estate and rental sites to facilitate the home buying and apartment renting process in March 2003. Real estate and rental sites have become a useful tool for millions of Americans, enabling surfers to research homes, find a real estate agent, and utilize financial tools such as mortgage calculators.
A recent study from the California Association of REALTORS found that homebuyers are becoming more Web-savvy and invest significant time investigating the housing market and financing options
before contacting a REALTOR. A full 78 percent of Internet homebuyers reportedly found their Realtor on the Internet.
No Longer a Novelty
Net-savvy consumers enthusiastically embrace online tours for previewing property.
BY MICHAEL ANTONIAK
Rarely does a real estate marketing tool come along that has as much positive impact as the virtual tour. In the few years since virtual tours debuted, the ability to show properties over the Internet has proved beneficial to all involved in the transaction. As a result, what used to be the competitive edge has become the standard in real estate marketing services.
"Sellers expect an online tour, especially with higher-priced homes," says Bill Kramer, elegant homes marketing director with Metro Brokers GMAC, Atlanta.
Glenda Victory, residential specialist at Bob Parks Realty, Murfreesboro, Tenn., agrees: "When I go on a listing appointment, one of the first questions people ask is whether I'm going to put their house on the Internet."
"It's a great listing tool," says Tom LeMaster, Prudential Preferred Properties, Rio Rancho, N.M. "Sellers quickly recognize how the exposure of a virtual tour will help sell their property."
For buyers, virtual tours can help them narrow the field before they contact a real estate practitioner and can provide positive reinforcement of a property's appeal after a physical visit, says Denise Fox, a top producer with Coldwell Banker Grand Realty, Spokane, Wash. "I've even sold homes to buyers that they visited only through the virtual tour."
For all those reasons, virtual tours can make your work easier--and more lucrative.
"Virtual tours have generated more calls than anything else I've used," says Victory.
-- REALTOR Magazine Online
Virtual Tours Get 5 Million Visits a Day
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By Enid Burns | November 28, 2006
Over half of adult Internet users have taken virtual tours, according to "Virtual Space is the Place," a backgrounder issued by Pew Internet & American Life Project.
Virtual tours serve as voyeuristic indulgences and time-saving conveniences for Internet users and have increased in popularity over the past two years. While the Google Mars project takes visitors to the red planet and sites like Arounder virtually satisfy the ambitious goals of outdoorsy types with hikes to the top of the Matterhorn, virtual tours serve more everyday purposes. Many Internet users take virtual tours to visit or preview colleges and universities, tourist and vacation locales, historical sites, museums, real estate, and hotels.
Fifty-one percent of adult Internet users have taken a virtual tour. The rate is up from 45 percent in 2004. In total, about 72 million people have engaged in some sort of virtual visit, up 33 percent from two years ago when 54 million had gone online to go to a destination. On a daily basis, virtual tours serve up over 5 million trips per day, up from roughly 2 million in 2004.
Broadband adoption accounts for a portion of the increase. Sixty-two percent of home broadband users visit destinations online, compared to 41 percent of those with dial-up access at home. Sixty percent of Internet users with six or more years of experience take tours online versus 28 percent with two to three years' of experience.
Demographic and psychographic factors also play a role. More people in the 30-49 age group take virtual tours (57 percent) than 18-29 (47 percent) or 65 and older (29 percent). College graduates take virtual tours at a higher rate (61 percent) than high-school graduates (41 percent). Households with an income of $50,000 or greater (64 percent) are more likely to take a virtual tour, compared to households below that threshold (41 percent). Internet users with children under 18 are more likely to take virtual tours (58 percent) than those without children (47 percent).
Rural households are less likely to take virtual tours online. Thirty-eight percent of those in rural areas have taken virtual tours versus 54 percent of suburban users and 53 percent of urban Internet users.