Real Estate Virtual Tours: Best Tips And Methods

Real Estate Virtual Tours Real Estate Virtual Tours: Best Tips And MethodsAre you looking to use the virtual tours to sell your home immediately? The people who want to sell their homes immediately should contact with the real estate companies and agents. But you can make an effort without getting their help. What are the methods that don’t need the help of real estate companies and agents?

The virtual tours are the best methods that help the people to sell their homes immediately. There are many methods and tips to make the virtual tours but you have to select the tips and methods that are useful and economical for you. How to check the feasibility of a tip or methods to make the virtual tours? Well, few important factors should be given importance when checking feasibility of any tip or method. In order to get the best one the people should search online to amend and improve the methods and tips given in this article.

Get a high quality digital camera:

To make the real estate virtual tours it is important to have a camera. You can rent or buy the camera but it depends on your choice. When looking for the camera then select and prefer the digital cameras. I think a DV camera will be the best option. However, if you don’t have access or power to purchase DV cameras then you can buy or rent mini DV cameras (visit camera reviews to know more about DV Cameras). Handy-cams are popular and famous now days because these are inexpensive and easy to use.

Well, there are some options you can use so if you have got the digital camera then start to make virtual tour movie. It is very important for the makers to have good knowledge and experience of operating digital cameras. Remember, these cameras will give results if you will operate them properly. Operating the cameras in correct manners always gives better results otherwise the camera will not give good results and the real estate virtual tour will not impress the buyers. So keep this important point in mind and take care of it when making videos of your home.

Decide a DVD or CD format of the video:

When starting to make real estate virtual tour you should decide what should be the format of the video. Remember, the DV cameras will make the video in DVD format but if you want to make CD’s then you can convert the DVD format into CD format by using different software. It is not expensive so you can hire the services of professionals who will convert the formats for you.

The benefits of this conversion are that you can give a CD to every buyer because it doesn’t cost much. However, making the DVD format of the real estate virtual tours is expensive and costly. As you know the DVD’s are costly than CD’s so it will be difficult for you to give a DVD to every buyer. These are some important and common tips related to the making and formats of real estate virtual tours to sell your home.

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How To Make Your Real Estate Virtual Tour Interesting?

Real Estate Virtual Tour How To Make Your Real Estate Virtual Tour Interesting?As you know there are different techniques and technologies that are being used by the people and companies to buy and sell real estate.  You don’t need to learn how to do everything in the online world. Do you have a real estate business or company? If yes then you need to know about the latest technologies and modern techniques that are commonly being used by popular real estate companies.

For the instance the term real estate virtual tour could be new to you but after reading this article you will know everything about it. Virtual tours are similar to the movies. These are commonly being used by the real estate companies to better show off the homes, apartments and commercial buildings that are available for sale and rent. In order to find techniques to make these tours interesting for the customers you can use following methods.

Online search about graphics:

Graphics is a common and popular term. It is used to make videos and clips interesting. There are so many graphics programs and software. These programs are important for the use of this technique. The people who are looking to find the related technologies should use the online searching tools. Internet can provide you information about these techniques and technologies so don’t waste your time to think about the methods and techniques. Just open your internet search browsers and search “real estate virtual tour” . Press enter and get the matching results within few seconds.

Remember, the basic purpose of the online search is to get basic ideas and plans about the use of graphics in real estate virtual tours. If you are a graphic designer or have experience about this technology then you have a plus point. You can get more authentic and useful graphics ideas and plans by searching online. There are different websites that allow the users to learn about the real estate graphics and virtual tours. Another method is there for the people who just want to get ideas from internet. They can use the image services of Google by inserting the keywords.  One nice thing about most real estate keywords is that you’ll find “Pixloo” our site in the top results for all those results.  This means that Google trusts us.

Incorporation of graphics and sounds:

If you want to use the latest technologies then you should use the graphics and sounds technologies. These are most important techniques that have potential to relief the minds. That’s why the real estate companies are using these techniques to make the virtual tours. When using sounds then you should take care about the sound quality and compatibility.

Remember, you are not making a horror or action movie so quality and nature of the sound should be amazing and heart touching. Always use the background sounds but the frequency of the sounds should be lower that don’t cause nuisance. You can use the focus and still photos in the video clips that help the buyers to watch every part of the home easily. Finally, you will be required to give a final touch to the real estate virtual tour video to remove the scenes that are not required.

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How Do I Export My Tour To Realtor.com?

This is a step-by-step guide on how to Export your Tour to Realtor.com with Pixloo.  To be able to export your tour to Realtor.com you need to have an MLS number.  To have an MLS number you have to be a licensed Broker or Agent with access to an MLS system.  If you are a homeowner, you can visit our Services section to find out more.

If you have an MLS number and your tour setup on the Pixloo website. Complete the following steps to export your tour to Realtor.com.

Step 1: Login to Pixloo.

Step 2: Click on “My Tours“.  This is located in the top Nav bar.

Step 3: Click on “Edit Tour“.  This will take you to the page where you can edit your virtual tour.

Step 4: Click on the “Exports” tab.

Pixloo Realtor.com Export How Do I Export My Tour To Realtor.com?

Step 5: Click on “Click here to export to realtor.com“  This will take you to a payment page where you will need to verify the address of the property.  Note, that you must have an MLS number.  If you do not have an MLS number we cannot export your tour till you have one setup in our system.  We also do not pull any information from any sites so you will need to manually enter this into the account.

Step 6: Re-Verify Information of your property.  Make sure that your tour has all the possible information entered in.

Realtor.com Export Page How Do I Export My Tour To Realtor.com?

Step 7: Enter in your payment information and press “Submit“.  This will charge your credit card $22.  If you are an “Enhanced Showcase” member/listing your tour should auto export to Realtor.com.

From here your tour will be exported to Realtor.com assuming all the information matches what is in the Realtor.com and MLS website database.  Note that if your tour isn’t exporting to Realtor.com to check your MLS and make sure everything on our site matches that.  We can only push tours to Realtor.com that match.  Assuming everything matches up, you tour should export to Realtor.com site withing 1-3 business days.

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Why Isn’t My Main Home Photo Showing Up on Realtor.com?

We get the question all the time why a Real Estate Agents main home photo isn’t showing up on the the listing on Realtor.com?

Realtor.com Home Listing Why Isnt My Main Home Photo Showing Up on Realtor.com?

This photo is sent and uploaded to Realtor.com from your local MLS (Multiple Listing Service) and not by Pixloo.  We can’t do anything about this or upload a photo in it’s place.

Realtor.com does not allow Pixloo to upload or change anything to the listing on their site.  We only have the ability to post a virtual tour to their site.  We are charged $22 for this export service.  This is why we have to charge $22 to post your tour to Realtor.com if you are not an enhanced showcase listing member.

If you would like to export your tour to Realtor.com, simply Login to your Pixloo Account, and select which tour that you would like to export.

Click to learn how to export your virtual tour to Realtor.com

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Make Your Virtual Tour Stand Out

If you are looking for a great way to showcase your property online you need to get a virtual tour on it!  A Virtual Tour is one of the best ways for millions and millions of people to be able to see your tour online.  We export your tour to some of the top Real Estate sites on the internet.

Below is a example of a virtual tour that you can create in 5 minutes time.  You can visit the tour here or visit the demo account here.

Pixloo Virtual Tour Make Your Virtual Tour Stand Out

If you notice that it puts your photo, company logo, and a beautiful picture of the home on the tour.  We try to showcase all the great things about the property that you’re trying to sell.  Below the property photo, you can enter in a description about the house for everyone to see.  This is very important to people interested in the house to have a very nice picture of the house with a description that is written to impress.

Make sure that when you are writing the description that you give the most accurate description of the house in the best light.  I personally wouldn’t point out the faults of the house unless you want people knowing about them.  Once the person knows a little bit more about the house (for example disclose more on the property details page) you can break all the other news about the house.

Most important is that you have a tour and photos of your house that will attract people to your house.  Make sure that you pick up your house and get rid of all the clutter before you take pictures of the house.  This is important to showing your house in the best light possible.

Our goal is to help you sell your home online.  Take good photographs and work with us to give your virtual tour the best possible chance at getting seen by the millions of people searching online for homes like yours!

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Pixloo Featured on TechCrunch

A special shout out goes to TechCrunch for featuring us on their site. We had the wonderful opportunity to be interviewed by TechCrunch and have our Pixloo story put up on their site.

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TechCrunch for those who aren’t big into the tech world is one of the biggest and most prestigious sites online to write about new and upcoming startups in the tech world.  We thank them for recognizing us as a new and upcoming “hot startup” to watch and use our products.

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The article titled “Pixloo Helps You Sell Your Home With Free Virtual Tours, Exports To Zillow, Trulia & More” was a perfect title for the story.  We at Pixloo want to help people to sell their home online in the cheapest way possible.

Thanks again to TechCrunch and team for putting up a great story about us!

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How to Edit Your Virtual Tour Details

If you would like to know how to edit your Pixloo virtual tour you can follow the simple instructions below and have a step-by-step guide on how to edit your virtual tour. To view other similar guides please visit our Virtual Tour Support Page for a full list of support topics.

Step 1:  Login to your Pixloo Account.

Step 2:  Click on “My Tours

Step 3: Go to the tour that you would like to edit and click on “Edit Tour

Edit Virtual Tour How to Edit Your Virtual Tour Details

Step 4:  On this page you will be able to edit everything to do with your property or listing.  If you need to click on “Property Details” to see everything on your property.  If you would like to see your virtual tour, click on “View Tour“.

Step 5:  Once you have changed everything to do with your real estate virtual tour, you can click on “Save” this will save all the changes that you made.  These changes will be reflected on the sites that we export too in the next weekly update.  Some exports can take up to a month.  We don’t update other sites, we simply send the request to them to change the information, and they change it.

Here is a step-by-step video on how to edit your tour:

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First of all we would like to congratulate Century 21 on being a great Real Estate partner and to all their agents that use our system, we love you!  We loved their Super Bowl 2012 Commercial.   If you haven’t seen … Continue reading

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Tips For Real Estate Investors

Real Estate Investors Tips For Real Estate InvestorsInvesting is one of the most popular and growing business activity for the people who are enough money. Investment activity is not only for the people who have huge amounts but people with little sums can start investing. There are many fields for the investment but it requires a field that is gaining more attention of the investors as well as customers.

Among all the important investment fields the real estate sector is prominent. It is growing and it has attraction for the customers. Anyhow, the people who are looking for the better fields for the investment should have a look in this sector. Why real estate sector is best for investment? Do you know the prices of property are increasing rapidly? The increasing prices of property are the biggest reasons for the investors to come and invest there. However, there are some tips for the investors to find more opportunities.

Meet the popular real estate investors:

If possible meet the popular real estate investors. What will be your agenda in these meetings? Actually, you will learn about the current situations and possibilities in this sector for the new investors by meeting with the popular investors. No doubt, most of the investors will not tell you secretes of real estate investment but don’t lose heart because there will some people who will give you suggestions and recommendations. Collecting suggestions and recommendations one by one will lead you towards the bulk information and experience. So you can use this strategy to collect the investment trends and tips. Remember, no one will teach or guide you in full so don’t try to get everything from one person.

Participate in real estate network:

Definitely, there is a network of real estate investors so you can join this network to find the desired information. Joining the network of real estate investors also needs attention. Actually, there are different working groups in this sector. You can say the real estate investors are divided into different groups because of business and other conflicts. When joining any network you should prefer the best group that supports new and small investors.

Commercial real estate brokers:

For the real estate investment it is important to have some commercial real estate brokers. Brokers are actually required for the forex and trade investment but real estate investment also needs services of commercial brokers. The brokers must have license in the field. If they have working licenses then hire their services otherwise find someone else. The brokers will help you take ideas about the best investing areas and timings. By getting ideas about the best investment time and area you can earn benefits.

Keep in touch with real estate updates:

It is very important for the real estate investors to keep in touch with the updates and news related to real estate sector. Remember, you can get the updates and news from a best real estate newsletter source so pick the best newsletter source and keep enjoying a good working environment in the real estate investment business.

If you are planning to invest on Real Estate sector, go through some of the virtual tour of the homes available here at Pixloo.com and find the best one.

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How to Edit your MLS Number

Step 1: Login to your Pixloo Account.

Step 2: Click on “My Tours

Step 3: Click on “Edit Tour” on the tour that you would like to edit your the MLS number.  Make sure to double check that you aren’t editing the wrong tour.

Edit Pixloo tour How to Edit your MLS Number

Step: Next you click on “Property Details” tab if you are not already there.  This should be there by default but many people have already been working in this area and it may be on the “Photos” or “Realtor.com” tabs.

Step: Scroll down to where it says “MLS#:” and enter in the new MLS number.  Make sure to verify that the MLS number that you are changing is for the right house.  Check the address right above in the same section.

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Step: Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click “Save“  This will save your new MLS number and export the tour to the proper local MLS sites and other sites across the web.  This can take up to a weeks time to propertly change on all these sites.

By doing this you will have changed the MLS number of your listing.  If you do not have an MLS number and you need one, check out our the services that we offer.

Here is our Step-by-Step video guide on how to change your MLS number in the back end of Pixloo:

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