Free Video Service for Realtors And Real Estate Investing Professionals Launched
July 23, 2008
PropertyPreviews.com today announced the launch of its new Web site, which provides real estate professionals, real estate investors and those in the real estate investing field, photographers and home sellers with free and easy-to-use technology to instantly create engaging real estate video tours.
In addition, the site is a one-click stop for distributing videos and property information to real estate and video sites including YouTube, Trulia, Zillow, Oodle, Google and others. PropertyPreviews.com users never need to install software, sign contracts or incur video or subscription fees to use the free video creation service.
“Research shows that 84 percent of home buyers begin their home searches online,” said Jeff Harris, General Manager for PropertyPreviews.com. “Giving these prospective buyers an interactive, visual experience viewable from computers and iPhones enables real estate professionals and sellers to effectively market their properties. It’s like having an Open House, 24-hours a day.”
Photos uploaded to PropertyPreviews.com are automatically converted into a Controlled Motion Video (CMV). CMV gives visual movement to static property images to create videos without the typical pixelization and loss of quality of videotaped tours. While the video creation is automated, users can personalize tours with editing tools and a variety of background music selections.PropertyPreviews.com creates the video tour and displays the property details, tour and photos in an ePostcard that can be distributed to an agent’s Web site or other real estate listing services. It can be used by real estate investors as well to distribute information about properties or upcoming semianrs.
PropertyPreviews.com distributes the property information to a variety of Web sites, including Zillow, Trulia, Oodle, Google and YouTube — with one click of a button, and at no cost. The site also provides the ability to buy such marketing materials as DVDs, 5×7 photo books and to distribute the video tour to Realtor.com.
With the current housing market tightening budgets, the PropertyPreviews.com free video creation and distribution service is a cost
effective solution for more than 1.2 million real estate agents who need to market their properties across a variety of media. Competitive Web sites that provide self-service tour-making capabilities require special software and equipment, and charge $19.95 to $30 per video or per month depending on usage and site fees.
“PropertyPreviews.com has perfected the design of the CMV photos-to-video creation tool,” Harris said. “There was a need in the market to provide a better solution than videotaping, which typically delivers lower quality and a less than ideal user experience. No other
video creation tool available today has this level of sophistication and engineering behind it.”
The PropertyPreviews.com free video creation service is primarily used for the residential real estate market, but is also available for rental properties, condos, new constructions, time-shares, commercial properties and apartments. The services are also of use to For Sale By Owner independent sellers. Brokerages, associations, and MLSs can also work with PropertyPreviews to manage bulk production of video tours by automatically creating videos from their property listings.
About the Author:
Robin Sing-Cunningham, is a real estate agent serving Fort Lauderdale and Broward County, Florida. Robin specializes in distressed and bank owned properties in the Fort Lauderdale real estate area.
Robin began her blog recently after over seven years in the real estate business. She brings a unique perspective to her writing as she has worked on the building and development side of the business and has worked extensively with investors on the foreclosure side of the business.
Robin is an avid sport fishing enthusiast and when not selling real estate can usually be found off the coast of Fort Lauderdale looking for that next big game fish.
She's also the wife of one of the hosts of the #1 real estate related talk radio show in America Real Estate Radio USA and occasionally makes appearances on the show to talk about Fort Lauderdale real estate and to lend her perspective on the industry.
You can contact Robin at 954-709-7461 or visit the Fort Lauderdale Real Estate Blog. You can also email Robin at robins@robinashley.com
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