Real Estate Juice Magazine 2 | Page 101

Buyers Are Time Poor/Distance Constrained

We’re all time poor in today’s busy digital information age, and with the invention of the internet and smart phones we all are increasingly demanding information and…well…whatever we want really, when we want it, wherever we want it. Searching for property is no exception. The internet has certainly allowed us to search and find listed properties so much quicker and easier than ever before. But the problem still remains of finding the time on a Saturday to trudge around and physically inspect them all. I mean realistically how many potential properties can a buyer inspect on a single Saturday? 3, maybe 4? The frustration is always that the open for inspection times are never on when we want them to be, they often clash so if three properties are all open at the same time for a short thirty minute window each, then you can only view one out of the three. But with a virtual tour, you can view five, ten, even twenty properties and have a good look around them as if you were actually there all from the comfort of your own home, on your laptop, smart phone or tablet device. You can inspect a property when YOU want 24/7, not when the agent says you can inspect a property. If a buyer can’t physically inspect a property or is unwilling to, then a virtual tour is the next best thing to actually being there. A virtual tour provides you with 24 x 7 online exposure.