1. How long Does it Take to Sell a Home on this web site?
First of all, nobody can guarantee that your home will sell in any given length of time. There are many factors that determine how quickly your home will sell such as market conditions, timing, exposure, etc. Homes have sold on our site within 2 weeks but many have stayed longer. Most important is we can guarantee that we will bring you many interested buyers.
2. How many people use the Internet to Search for New Homes?
Over 82 percent of potential home buyers shop for homes online first. The internet has changed the way people shop for homes because it allows them to conveniently view hundreds of listings from any computer even before contacting a seller or a realtor.
3. Will a Realtor Sell My Home Faster?
Not necessarily, gone are the days when the MLS (Multiple Service Listing) was the key to a quick sale. Today, the internet can provide all the exposure you need, realtors are using the internet everyday just like you, many even use our services. The keys to a quick sale are Marketing, Exposure and Timing. Realtors are professionals who provide many other services relating to the transaction, if you are not using a realtor, make sure you have Real Estate Attorney to help you.
4. Are there any Additional Fees?
Our Virtual Tour and Slide Show productions are online for one (1) year during which time there no additional fees. There is a small fee however for requested Upgrades and changes.
For our Online Spokesperson, there is a $35.99 monthly recurring fee (billed in advance). This is an unbelievable product, which is a "must have" if you are selling online! Most major companies pay tens of thousands of dollars for this type of commercial service, we are excited to lead the way by being the first to make this affordable to individual home sellers as well as companies.
5. Aren't most homes sold locally? Why do I need the internet?
Yes, most homes are sold locally, but the internet is used simultaneously, locally and worldwide. You should not limit your scope of advertising because a buyer could come from anywhere, we've seen successful out-of-state as well as local sales though this web site. Also, when you compare the costs, you'll find that our fees are a fraction of the cost of your local newspaper.
6. How Does the Online Spokesperson help?
Think about having a Professional Spokesperson online selling your property 24/7! Somebody who actually never sleeps! This will give you more viewers for a longer time, It's a proven fact that viewers spend longer on pages with video content. This is more than just boring text, it's a personal custom written infomercial designed specifically to Market and sell YOUR property.
7. What is the difference between a Slide Show and Virtual Tour?
A Slide Show is a series of individual pictures compiled into a single production that change automatically or with user interaction (clicking "forward", "back", etc). This is the most used format online, some companies even market this as a virtual tour. We use the digital pictures you upload to produce your slide show.
A Virtual tour is a much more "immersive" apiculture. Surveys indicate that a home with a virtual tour generates six times more viewers than a home with still photos and 20 times the viewers of a listing with no picture.
A Virtual Tour allows the viewer to control their own movement around the room and at their will, pan 360 degrees left or right, up & down while viewing a complete, seamless, photographic panorama. The images are created using a specialized camera lens which captures the required views around the camera position. The resulting view is amazing, the viewer sees the entire area as opposed to a "window view". We send a professional photographer to take the pictures for this type of production.
8. Is there a Cancellation Fee for the Online Spokesperson subscription service?
No, simply send us a cancellation request via email and your cancellation will be effective within 24 hours. There no refunds for partial or Prepaid months.
9. How do I know what Digital Camera of Pictures to use?
The quality of Digital Camera is unimportant since the dimensions of the picture once published is at 640x480 pixels. This is usually about the minimum settings on most digital cameras today. If you do not yet own a digital camera, we have a coupon for a FREE Digital Camera. That will provide the quality shots needed for a professional looking Slide Show!
First, when you take your pictures, make sure the property is clean and well represented, take the pictures during the day to get the best possible natural lighting. Get opinions from friends and family and pick the pictures that look the best. Always keep a minimum of 2 times more than you are required to upload, it's a good idea to occasionally change some of the views.
10. How can I find a Local Realtor who uses this Site?
Go to our Home page, type in your City, select your State and click "Search". Go through the results to see if there are any listings for local realtors. If not, you can still hire a realtor and request (as part of your contract) that they advertise on this site, remember the realtor is working for you.
11. How do people know of this web site?
• We are registered with all the major Search Engines including Google®, Yahoo®, MSN® and Craigslist®.
• Mass email campaigns.
• Monthly Direct mailing campaigns via regular mail.
• Yard sign riders used by existing customers.
• We provide links to our customers to post on other sites.
You can also use your Listing Number in outside advertising such as newspaper Classifieds and Flyers, interested buyers will have the convenience to go online and view your home directly.
How did you find us?
12. Is any Software required to view a Virtual Tour?
Our Virtual Tours currently require the installation of Java®, which is currently installed on over 90% of computers. Older computers may require an update installation.
It's a FREE download and takes less the 5 minutes to install, it can be downloaded from
http://www.java.com/en/download/index.jsp
