February 13th, 2012 — 7:03am
Really want to make your home stand out from all the other ordinary real estate marketing websites? TourVista’s interactive floor plans let your viewers navigate themselves through your home. Combined with photos, interactive floor plans give viewers the information they are wanting from an online tour.
Interactive floor plans are especially helpful for out-of-area prospects because they may not have an … more …
January 15th, 2012 — 12:57pm
OK, perhaps a slight exaggeration in the title to this post, but it’s not unusual for a Microsoft product to have bugs. Their newest release of the-growing-ever-unpopular web browser Internet Explorer 9 was breaking TourVista’s coolest technology: the ability to drag and drop your tour content. Thanks to a few of our users who contacted us to report this issue. … more …
November 4th, 2011 — 7:51am
Is your home or apartment more cozy than the pictures convey? You have to think… Why are they buying the house? What are they looking for in the house? And do your pictures show the best possible image of your home to buyers? If you’re having trouble with your digital photos, MSN Real Estate has comprised a list of … more …
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 …
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 …
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 …
July 12th, 2011 — 8:56am
We’ve heard from some of our users that people may not know to mouseover the interactive floor plans in order to view the arrows and each respective photograph. Leaving out this instructive text was a deliberate design decision as we wanted to keep the tour player free of unnecessary content. However, at the same time, if a user doesn’t realize … more …
February 17th, 2011 — 4:49pm
Here’s a shout out to Grant Walker of Queensland, Australia, for the awesome virtual tour with interactive floor plan. Nicely done Grant!
December 28th, 2009 — 12:08am
One of the best features of TourVista is the ability to setup interactive floor plans for your properties. Interactive floor plans consist of arrows on a floor plan graphic for each of your property photos. Think of it as a “You are here” arrow, showing the viewers of your virtual tour exactly where each photo was taken on a map … more …
July 6th, 2009 — 12:06pm
TourVista’s interactive floor plans are a great addition to your virtual tour. If you already have floor plan graphics, you are ready to connect them to your photos and create interactive floor plans.
But how do you create the floor plan graphic in the first place?
You may be able to get floor plan graphics from an assessor … more …