Nine Reasons to Create a FlyInside.com Free Virtual Tour
February 16, 2006
RISMEDIA, Feb. 16 — Real estate professionals know that virtual tours are a great way to maximize a property’s online exposure. So, when www.FlyInside.com launched its free virtual tour service, many agents and brokers were thrilled and quickly jumped onboard creating free virtual tours of their listings.
But, suppose that an agent doesn’t have any current listings—are there other reasons to create a virtual tour? Sure—there are nine:
1. “Sold” Tours - Virtual tours of recently sold homes on your website are a great way to market your abilities and experience. FlyInside.com has free hosting of your tours that extends up to a year – making sure that you get the greatest bang out of every sale.
2. Neighborhood Tours - Want to be known as the neighborhood expert? Easy, take pictures of local attractions, schools, parks and create a neighborhood virtual tour. You can do this for different neighborhoods and target multiple markets.
3. Listing Presentation –Take pictures during the preview inspection while clients show you around. Then, hop online to FlyInside.com and create a tour in minutes – it’s a great way to impress potential clients and get them to list with you.
4. CMA Tour – A picture is worth a thousand words, and a virtual tour might be even more. Use virtual tours of homes that have recently sold in the neighborhood to help the homeowner understand your pricing strategy.
5. Targeting FSBO – Building a relationship with FSBOs is the first step to getting them interested in your services. Offering to create a virtual tour for them is a simple (and free) way to start building that relationship and getting your abilities noticed.
6. Trip Reminder Tours – Showing multiple homes to a potential buyer? Take photos of the exterior of the homes along with any special features to help the home buyer remember them later. Create one tour for all the homes and send the FlyInside.com link to the buyers that evening.
7. Remote Buyers – Have an out-of-town buyer? Create a tour of the homes you’ve scoped out and send it to them in an email. Doing so gives your remote buyer additional confidence in the types of homes you’ve narrowed down for them while reassure them that the right agent is on the job.
8. Rentals - Before FlyInside.com, many agents stayed away from creating virtual tours for rental properties to avoid incurring the cost. Now that they’re free, creating a virtual tour is an easy way to increase interest in a rental. It’s also a great way to save time – after all virtual tours can help you filter out truly interested individuals.
9. “About us” Tours – Take pictures of your office and staff and create an “about us” tour to tell potential clients about your services.
For more information and to sign up for your free FlyInside.com virtual tour account, visit www.flyinside.com.