Real Estate, Marketing, Software

This month, the AMP (Alliance Member Program) spotlight falls on: Previsite enables brokers and agents to create professional virtual tours in minutes via their pocket-sized fish-eye lens camera, and web-based software.  Your online visitors can do a virtual walk-through of the property without the spinning effects or distortion commonly associated with virtual tours – not [...]

The growing demand for 360° virtual tours has led to a onslaught of new software, hardware and professional services.  Although there are a variety of uses for these tours, real estate stands as one of the top markets that consistently use them. Before I get started on how to create one, I just want to [...]

The Alliance Member Program (AMP) spotlight falls on AgentCasts. Delivering real estate video tours, agent marketing videos, and podcasting, AgentCasts can help you take your online marketing strategies to a new level.  They offer video editing, hosting, and distribution services, saving you time, effort, and money. Expand your web presence today – give AgentCasts a [...]

One great thing about shooting real estate photography is that the house never complains. It never says things like, “my shingles look weird in that one,” or “ewww, my blinds were half-closed – can we shoot again?” Therefore, it’s left largely up to the photographer to know what shots work, and what do not.  In [...]

It was sometime during the late-1980s or early-1990s when I first tried virtual reality at the local video store.  My memory is a bit vague, but I know it was prior to Virtual Boy and The Lawnmower Man – that I’m sure of.  The system itself was temporarily on display in an effort to draw [...]

Photography is undoubtedly growing as a singular technology, but more importantly, photography is becoming an integral part of a greater multimedia merge.  The days when photos were viewed as static, single images are coming to an end.  Photography will continue to play an important role in the future of real estate, but mainly in two [...]