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> a) The buyers want to look at multiple properties as quickly as possible Surely this could be optimised far beyond what (multiple different competing) real e
by mft_ 6y ago
> a) The buyers want to look at multiple properties as quickly as possible
Surely this could be optimised far beyond what (multiple different competing) real estate agents can offer, with the right tech solution? In my experience, real estate agents can be difficult to contact and schedule with in themselves; a central portal with assisted scheduling would improve things?
> b) The sellers don't want to or don't have the time to be manage all of the requests for viewings.
- very good point - e.g. if a seller works regular hours, viewing opportunities would be greatly limited. I guess this is (a lot of) what you pay the %3 for.
- could be somewhat mitigated by better tech - the industry is slowly adopting (e.g.) 3D online house tours (partly driven by the pandemic lockdown) but there's probably lots more to be done in this area.
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- fshbbdssbbgdd 6y ago> real estate agents can be difficult to contact and schedule with in themselves This doesn’t match my experience. Every real estate agent I ever dealt was very responsive. This makes sense for someone who is going to make five figures if a sale happens.
- kqr 6y agoI used to joke with my wife that if someone ever needed someone to talk to at 3.30 AM on a Sunday, they should call a real estate agent. Those people seem to never get time off.
- monkeydust 6y ago3d tours being used a lot in UK by decent agents. Paired up with my Oculus quest and saved myself at least a few weekends and hundred of miles on gas , co2 through unwanted viewings.
- ghaff 6y agoYou don't even need VR for a good filter. When I bought my house in the mid-90s, essentially pre-Web, I can't tell you how many houses I went to check out just the interiors of that that were a quick nope for various reasons. Even Google Street View would have saved me a ton of driving.
- DavidPeiffer 6y ago3d tours are amazing, but unfortunately, at least in Iowa, they're almost never used by real estate agents. There is a for sale by owner company (FSBOHomes) who charges a flat fee for marketing your house, and includes it as part of their base fee. I ended up buying and selling a house through that platform. It saved me tons of time on the buy side since it provides a great virtual walk through as well as a floor plan with dimensions. Floor plans were never available if a real estate agent posted the house.
- yhoneycomb 6y agoGlad to be up to date on what's happening in Iowa
- sjg007 6y agoDid the 3d view match your expectations.. Oddly, I find them hard to physically visualize.
- DavidPeiffer 6y agoOverall, pretty well. It saved us a lot of time compared to spending a day going to open houses which aren't a good fit (outside of basic specs on paper) or driving around town with a real estate agent looking at houses. It was far better than the photos normally posted online. Most websites host ~25 photos of the property, and my last house had 8 rooms. It's really tough to assess a house and understand how the rooms flow together with so few pictures. The floorplans generated by Matterport may be more helpful if you have trouble visualizing it. I would pull up those floorplans and measure the room we were in and say "the living room is 3 feet wider, and the couch would take up about half of this wall" to help put things into perspective. I wasn't using VR, just looking through on a computer. Not sure if VR would help.