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Heading: Spotlight Tour- Week #120

Heading: Spotlight Tour- Week #120

by | Oct 19, 2021 | Spotlight Tours, WA

LOCK & LEAVE LIFESTYLE AT ITS BEST!

ISSAQUAH, WA

See The Story of This Home

Live in the heart of it all in this pristine Issaquah view condo. Enjoy easy living at this ground-floor unit—lock & leave turnkey lifestyle at its best. The open-concept floor plan is perfect for everyday living & holiday entertaining. High-end, thoughtful finishes throughout including plush carpet & gleaming engineered hardwoods. The primary suite includes dual closets & a gorgeous bath with marble counters. Air conditioning, secure garage parking with additional storage unit. A lodge-style common space, outdoor living areas, & fitness center. Just a short drive to all that Issaquah & Factoria have to offer + recreational opportunities, trails & Lake Sammamish State Park. Quick access to I-405 & I-5. Issaquah School District. WELCOME HOME!

 

 

Professional HDR photography by : Joel H.

 

If you are interested in listing your home or have questions, please contact:

 
 
 

 

 

 

 

Shane and Anne Coulter

Compass Washington

800 Bellevue Way NE Suite 500, Bellevue, WA 98004

direct:206-915-7653
shane-anne@live.com
shaneandanne.com
 

Lake Home Tour with Voiceover

Lake Home Tour with Voiceover

by | Oct 11, 2021 | MO, Real Estate Info, Spotlight Tours, Technology

Weatherby Lake Waterfront!!!

Weatherby Lake, MO

 See The Story of This Home

This Spotlight Tour features the lakefront home of Marlin & Linda Cone.  Some of you may know Marlin, as he was one of the co-founders of FloorPlanOnline and performed a sales role for many years before going back to real estate.  It’s a special listing, in part because of the great memories the property has provided the Cone Family over the last 20+ years, but also because we customized the slideshow video with some video clips, text slides and a voice over that was generated from a text script. The base video is right out of the FloorPlanOnline video engine.  So things like the text explainer slides and video clips are something anyone can add in a few clicks.  The voice over is custom, but it is something we are looking to add in for automated voiceovers for any video.

Yes, the voice you hear narrating is all computer generated from a text script using an AI-based text to speech engine.  Our inspiration for this was the Val Kilmer documentary of his life – because of his throat cancer, Val was unable to clearly speak for the documentary, but as you can hear in the promo video, it’s his voice, which was synthesized specifically for the documentary.   Well, we took this text script that was created using Google Docs, shared with the Cone Team for edits, and then the voice over was generated and added to the video…again the base video media was generated from the built-in FloorPlanOnline video editor.

The question for you – is this feature something you would want and use on your virtual tour videos?  

We are contemplating providing a service to do this in phase I, and then provide a more integrated way to generate the voice over through the edit video tool in Phase II, if phase I is successful and desired from a customer perspective.  Please view the video and let us know your thoughts via our survey.  Your answers can help shape how we move forward with this voice over feature.

View the video & complete our short survey

Want different voices?

We could also allow you to select different voices.  Hear the description of our 3D Walkthrough Tour by Ava, one of the virtual voices.  She sounds pretty darn good.  Do you agree?

Hear our virtual narrator describe the features

by Ava

Embed on your Blog or Website

You can also view the whole tour through the embedded tour below.  Just click any media button to get started.

As a side note, if you have a blog, we highly recommend you do something similar each time you get a listing.  The listing and tour is great content for your blog or your social media channels, so leverage it.  Send an email to your base, directing them to your blog post.

All you need to do to embed the whole tour into your website is use this “iframe code” on your site. Most blogs allow you to embed youtube videos or other content.  Our tour can be just some of that content.   You can even just copy and paste this code – just replace the tour ID that is bolded with your tour ID.  Note it uses the TOUR format, which is a fixed frame.  replace the word tour with story and you embed the single property page version (although because you have to scroll it is not recommended for embedding).

<iframe name=”tour” src=”https://www.floorplanonline.com/tour/393546” frameborder=”1″ width=”100%” height=”675″></iframe>

You can also add a link or button to the full tour like we did below.

See the Story of this Home in a separate tab.

Spotlight Tour- Week #118

Spotlight Tour- Week #118

by | Sep 30, 2021 | CA, Spotlight Tours

Santa Barbara Style Estate!!!

Los Altos Hills, CA

See The Story of This Home

Gated custom designed -Santa Barbara style estate located on 1 acre lot in prestigious LAH, This spectacular residence comprising of 6 Bedrooms, 6 full Baths, 2 half-baths, Library, Studio apartment & fitness center at lower level, 2-story cathedral ceiling of living room with library shelves & rolling ladder, Elegant crystal chandelier at formal dining room, Gourmet kitchen features high-end appliances, Island w/sink & seating, Walk-in pantry, Spacious great room provides a place of family quality time, Cozy master suite is at Mezzanine level with fireplace, oversized bathroom & huge walk-in closet, The studio apartment including full kitchen & full bath is perfect to host guests, Fitness center with mirrored walls plus private bath which is much needed in this time of WFH, Australian eucalyptus floors throughout, Open beam ceilings, Beautiful grounds with high quality synthetic lawn, putting green & spa , Fully owned solar system, Minutes to Village, Exclusive Los Altos Schools.

 

Professional HDR photography by  Michael W.

 

If you are interested in listing your home or have questions, please contact:

 
 
 

 

 

 

 

Mae Chang

MJC Realty

12280 Saratoga Sunnyvale RD, #105, Saratoga, CA 95070

direct:408-621-6196
mae.chang@mjc-realty.com

spotlight tour #117

spotlight tour #117

by | Sep 22, 2021 | Spotlight Tours, TX

Luxurious Showcase Home !

HARKER HEIGHTS, TX 

See The Story of This Home

Luxurious showcase home with stunning panoramic lake views on .85 acres in The Ridge! Elegance and spaciousness define this immaculate home featuring Texas-sized rooms with incredible architectural detail. Dual master bedrooms (one upstairs, one downstairs) feature large picture windows that maximize the gorgeous view. Graceful winding stairway leads upstairs, where balconies overlook the soaring two-story living room. The large outdoor balcony and glass sunroom on the second floor highlight the amazing view. Tiered media room boasts a projector, built-in screen, and convenient access to the sunroom and wet bar. All bedrooms include private en suite bathrooms. Backyard oasis is perfect for entertaining with a full kitchen, saltwater infinity pool, hot tub, and a pool bathroom. Located in The Ridge, an upscale executive neighborhood overlooking Stillhouse Hollow Lake. Country feels convenient to shopping and restaurants, and just a short distance to Dana Peak Park’s hiking/biking trails, swim beach, and boat ramp. Schools are Skipcha Elementary, Nolan Middle, and Harker Heights High! *Furniture and décor have been custom-made for the home and may be negotiated.  

 

Professional HDR photography by Alec Knight of TwistTours

 

If you are interested in listing your home or have questions, please contact:

 
 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

Teresa Adams

Broker, GRI, ePro

Heights Discount Realty

Harker Heights, TX 76048

direct:254-462-1226
teresa@hd-realty.com
hd-realty.com
 

HomeDiary Helps when Disaster Strikes

HomeDiary Helps when Disaster Strikes

by | Sep 3, 2021 | Real Estate Info

Wild Fires. Hurricanes. Tornados. Floods.  

These are every year occurrences, and it seems like they are getting more prevalent with global warming.  This has a direct impact on you and your clients, so how can you (and we) help?

Give the gift of HomeDiary.

HomeDiary is FloorPlanOnline’s homeowner management app that lets people plan and document what’s in their home and what they have done with it.  Snap a few photos of each room via the app, and you have a visual record of what is in the home.  It only takes a few minutes, but it can save hours, if not days, of work if something should happen and your client loses their home to a disaster.  This is a perfect opportunity to coach your clients on how to use technology, and our free app, to document their home.  It’s safe, private and secure and the best part is, it is free for them to use, compliments of you!

HomeDiary also includes our 3D Designer, the 2D/3D space planning tool that is included with our virtual tours, so your buyers and sellers can claim the home and get the photos and the 2D/3D floor plans automatically copied into their own private HomeDiary account.  It’s a great keepsake for your seller, and it’s a great management tool for your buyer.  Even if you did not work with the buyer, they can claim the home from the tour.

FREE Sponsorships!

HomeDiary can also be used by any homeowner.  And you can invite all of your clients via your free HomeDiary invite code.  It is part of your FloorPlanOnline account and it takes just a few seconds to sync your profile and get your invite code.  HomeDiary is free for your clients, and it is free for you to use as well.  When they sign up using your special invite code, you also become the sponsor on their HomeDiary account.

 

The sponsorship is on both our web version as well as our iOS app that works on iPhones and iPads (which makes up about 70% of mobile Internet users.  Android users can use our web app via an browser.

As homeowners log the Who Did What, Where, When and for How Much, you will be there, front and center as their site sponsor.  

 

We make it easy to get started:

  • Just login to your FloorPlanOnline account and go to the Main menu
  • Select HomeDiary Sponsorship
  • If you have not already created a HomeDiary account, select Sync Profile – this will sync your profile from FloorPlanOnline over into HomeDiary.   You are creating a HomeDiary account through this process, so you can not only use it for the sponsorship, you can use it on your own home too.

Sync your profile to get your personal invite code!

You can even use the invite code and post it to Facebook.  If you have a Facebook business page for you as a real estate agent (which you should – it is free and lets you advertise your services on Facebook), you can just click the Facebook share icon and it will pop a share window like you see below.  Add some text and post it to your Facebook business page.  Once it is posted, Boost the Post and create an ad for a target market area.   When people click and sign up, you become their sponsor!  Our initial tests created sponsored leads for around $3 a person.  So look at what your customer acquisition costs are and leverage the tool to get in front or more people as they manage their home.

With our free sponsorship, you are proving a multi-million home management app to your clients and prospective clients for free.   No other tour or home management platform has the robust tools we have, and it is yours, just for being part of the FloorPlanOnline family.

Zillow’s Consumer Report for 2021 Summary

Zillow’s Consumer Report for 2021 Summary

by | Sep 3, 2021 | Listing Tools, Real Estate Info

Zillow just released an update to their consumer report they do annually in the first part of September of 2021.  Here is a quick summary as it related to products and services FloorPlanOnline provides.

  • 81% of buyers were more likely to view a listing if it had a floor plan they liked
  • 56% stated they wasted their time with a floor plan layout of the home they did not like
  • 74% think dynamic floor plans (interactive plans like what we offer where you click to see the photo of the space) helps buyers screen homes.
  • 68% think 3D tours help them get a better feel for the space.
  • 61% wish more listings had 3D tours
  • 38% even said they prefer 3D tours over in-person visits and
  • up to 59% would buy sight unseen.  This closely matches what 1000Watt found with the Millennial buyer at 64% willing to buy sight unseen.

With covid, providing as much content as possible online really is in the best interests for your sellers as it is less hassle but more importantly, it is the safest way to show a home, and it can increase the demand pool, and therefore the price (by up to 9% more than market average according to Matterport). Matterport has done their own research – 88% of sellers want to work with agents that offer 3D tours, and 82% would switch agents.

Zillow in past research also found that 84% of buyers think having floor plans as part of an online listing is more important than photos and a video, by almost a 2 to 1 margin. This is why Zillow is pushing their 3D Home app as it attracts more and more users to their site.  Redfin understands this as well.  So, if you want to compete, you really need a 3D Walkthrough Tour, and you need to make sure it is on your website!