The latest in hi-tech virtual & video tours
Virtual and video tours have given real estate shoppers the ability to get a pretty good feel for a property without leaving their homes. VuPod promises to bring the consumer back into the storefront by providing a 360-degree, surround theater, life-like walk-through.
It won’t replace the stay-at-home version (virtual video tours) or actually walking-through a listing (though I imagine there will be more “sight unseen” offers), but it will significantly curtail a lot of wasted time on the road viewing properties that are not a fit for the buyer. That means that perhaps shoppers get to salvage a little more of their weekends, and agents are able to work much more efficiently.
This should be a killer app for the large chains, as I should be able to walk into a Century 21 office in Miami, and in the matter of a few hours, find a cabin in Aspen I’d like to make an offer on.
I think the challenge for most real estate companies will be the up-front costs and at least around here, finding an office large enough to host this thing.
