Archive for October 2011

Halloween’s Real Estate Reminder

October 31st, 2011 — 10:37am

A few things to keep in mind this Halloween:

If you have an empty home, don’t decorate unless you’re expecting guests Beware of potential vandalism in an empty home If you have a jack-o-lantern, especially if it’s lit by fire, check on it every time a new trick-or-treater comes to your door Lights in the house is an open … more

Real Estate: News paper ads no longer worth your money

October 27th, 2011 — 12:41pm

There’s no denying we live in a digital world. Even snail mail now tells you to go online for more research or information on a new product. If readership of the New York Times is now down 4.51%, how well do you think your local paper’s doing? According to The Real Estate Bloggers, Advertising in the newspapers … more

Craigslist Guidelines

October 25th, 2011 — 2:15pm

When it comes to homes for rent, vacant apartments, and sublets, CraigsList.com is the #1 classifieds website for the 21st century market. It’s free, easy to use, and everyone has heard of it. In a recent conversation with a friend in NYC, she explained to me how she found her apartment by saying, “everyone here uses Craiglist.” But how … more

Paying attention to buyer turnoffs

October 24th, 2011 — 8:33am

When you pay attention to the details of your real estate listing, your buyers will too. But when you don’t pay attention to the details, they may end up standing out in a bad way. A few quick care chores to your home such as: touch-up paining, cutting grass, doing the dishes, or hiding the old lawn furniture, can have … more

Stay up to date on the housing market

October 21st, 2011 — 12:33pm

HousingPredictor.com now has Large and Small widgets that allow you instant access to news and market forecasts. You can add it to your blog or website. Stay up to date on the housing market with the best information possible. To get their widget, visit  their website. And for more information visit TourVista.com, your #1 resource for … more

Videos from YouTube no longer showing Related Videos

October 19th, 2011 — 12:13pm

If you have a video of your listing, be sure to include it on your TourVista virtual tour.  Here’s how:

Upgrade your virtual tour to Premium Upload your video to your YouTube account Copy the video ID from YouTube Paste the video ID into the Video section of your virtual tour

Now a Video tab will show on your virtual … more

Craigslist Made My Nice Photos All Blurry, Say What?

October 18th, 2011 — 12:23pm

This post goes out to all the landlords and property managers out there.  Anyone who has a property for rent.  Hopefully you already know this… You’ve gotta put your ad on Craigslist.  

I don’t know the percentages but I’m guessing that 80%+ of prospective renters will use Craigslist exclusively in there search for a new home.  How do … more

#21 – When Google Maps Fails… TourVista to the Rescue!

October 16th, 2011 — 11:06am

Google Maps is great and most of the time it works as expected.  But every once in a while, for whatever reason, it won’t map your property correctly.  This is annoying and ruins all of the effort you’ve put into creating your virtual tour on TourVista.  

Previously, you had to contact us and we would manually update your mapping.  As … more

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