Virtual tours “transport” buyers inside the home and give them a 360-degree view of the rooms. Some tours are interactive and let you “walk through” the home by clicking an arrow. Other have flat-screen views that give you a moving tour of the home without any user control. For an example, check out  Virtual Tour Café , a company created by real estate agents where owners and agents can create virtual tours of homes.

The cost of having a virtual home tour created can vary depending on how many spins you include and if you hire a professional to shoot the footage. Additionally, it is important to stage your home before shooting a virtual tour to give it the greatest possibility of sale.

Here  are some excellent examples of home virtual tours. If you are considering shooting the footage for a virtual tour yourself, follow these tips:

• Don’t pan around the home too quickly; you want to give the potential buyer sufficient time to view the house without becoming dizzy.


• If you are featuring something important in the house, count to ten before moving the camera away from it.


• Consider using a tripod; shaky hands make for seemingly unprofessional tours.

If looking at virtual tours has the wheels spinning on selling your home or buying a new home, I would enjoy the opportunity to sit down and talk over your plans! We can review your financial situation and decide which home loan program is right for you.