Virtual Tour

One of the marketing tools used by realtors in an attempt to sell your home is the virtual tour.  An outside company comes in and creates basically a panoramic movie allowing the viewer to virtually walk through the interior of your home and also showing the exterior and the neighborhood.  

Today this marketing tool may lead to disastrous consequences. The economy being what it is, the last thing anyone would want to do is divulge the contents of their home and where they are located to a potential criminal. These tours provide the layout of your home, windows, doors, means of egress and ingress, potential hiding places, closets, etc. Also visible is evidence of the inhabitants, their ages and whether or not there are young children. The tour takes you outside to show off the beautiful grounds, privacy, proximity to other homes and the affluence of the neighborhood.

A blueprint for the criminal!

Internet Brokers

The Internet Broker will put your home on Multiple, for as low as $500.  Many a seller is lured into this method of selling because it saves thousands in commission.  Remember there are no free lunches!!! 

The Internet Broker provides no service or contact with the prospective buyer.  Your name and phone number appear on the listing, not the name of a real estate company or the agent who represents you.  A so called prospective buyer sees your home for sale and calls you;  they know your name and make an appointment to come view the home.  Imagine, you never met, know nothing about them and can't see what they look like.  Everything is based upon your trust and belief that this is a legitimate buyer.  The buyer could be and has been on occasions someone who wants to gain access to your home, learn its contents, etc. and later come back, hopefully when you are not home.