How to Set Up a Virtual Tour for NJ Homes for Sale

NJ homes for sale can sell quicker with a virtual tour

 

Today, over 80 percent of home buyers start their search online, and 60 percent take virtual tours online. Virtual tours take you inside NJ homes for sale and provide you with a full 360-degree view of rooms or the entire home itself. Generally, there are two types: interactive in which you click and drag your computer mouse around the whole room including the floor, walls and ceiling; and flat-screen views in which you are provided with a moving image in which you do not control. In order to give your home the most exposure and make it look its best, staging is necessary. Below are ways in which you can do so:

Figure out the highlights of each room.

The best way to determine a room’s standout features is to take a photo yourself and upload it to a computer. By doing this, you are able to better study the room to determine its appeal as well as best angle. Print these photos and submit them to your photographer to mimic what you have done and how you would like rooms to look in the virtual tour.

Move the appropriate furniture out of the room.

Before your photographer begins shooting, you will want to determine which furniture is unnecessary and remove it from the room. Bulky and excess items will only crowd the room and make it appear smaller in the tour. You want to always depict the mood of open and clutter-free clean space to the potential buyers of NJ homes for sale.

Determine the most attractive aspect of the room and start and end the tour with that.

For example, if imported granite countertops are the most appealing feature of the kitchen, you will want to begin the tour focused on that and then spin around the room and back to the counters to end the tour of that room.

Adjust the camera to provide the best angle.

Sometimes the height of the camera can make a room appear smaller or show a reflection of the glare in a window. By correcting the camera’s angle, the space being filmed can be portrayed in its best light for the tour.

Select the best part of the room for equipment setup.

This is an important step because you want to ensure the entire room will be shot with the widest range of view for the tour. Keep in mind that you do not want viewers to end up looking at a close-up of the wall in an adjacent room.

Be creative with text.

After the virtual tour is complete, you will want to work on the marketing aspect of it to grab the attention of the potential buyer. Many virtual tours provide a generous amount of space to make comments on each slide of the tour. When creating text, you will want to use the most imaginative and engaging verbs and nouns to make your description stand out and capture the dynamic of each room of the NJ homes for sale.

Take advantage of added features.

One example of this is inserting audio in the virtual tour to further capture your audience. You can either speak and point out the specific features of the home or choose soothing and inspiring music to play in the background while the tour of NJ homes for sale is being viewed.

 

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