Michigan FSBO Homes offers professional photography services and can produce beautiful still and 360 degree immersive images of your property.

Surveys indicate that a home with a virtual tour generates six times more viewers than a home with still photos and 20 times the viewers of a listing with no picture. Imagine the benefits of offering your prospective purchasers the ability to take a virtual tour of the properties you offer for sale, from the convenience of their own home or place of work.

What is a Virtual Tour?
A Virtual Tour is a tool that allows anyone with a computer to "immerse" themselves in any environment and experience it as if they were there. The viewer can move about in the room and at their will, pan 360 degrees left or right viewing a complete, seamless, photographic panorama. The images are created using a high tech digital camera and lens which captures the entire 360 degree view around the camera position.

How do I order a virtual tour or still photos?
Order your virtual tour or photos directly from our listing form when you place your listing, or, simply email us at apiper@mediaone.net.

What does the virtual tour include?
Your tour includes a 3 professionally photographed panoramic images that viewers can see by clicking on the thumbnail image on your detail page. When a thumbnail is clicked, your panoramic image will be displayed along with navigation instructions. We use state of the art technology from Be Here Technologies. For example tours, go to the Be Here Technologies web site. We will add an icon to your listing on the listing summary page that flags it as a premium virtual tour listing.

What does a virtual tour or photo tour cost?
The cost of your tour is $99. Additional rooms can be added for $25 each. We can create a CD of your tour for $15 each. We are based in Ann Arbor and will travel a distance of 20 miles one way for no charge. a trip charge of $1 per mile will be added beyond this. a set of photos for your Michigan FSBO Homes listing is $35 in the Ann Arbor area. Additional photo services are billed at $35 per hour with an one hour minimum.

How long does it take to film a virtual tour or photo tour?
Typically it takes less than one hour to complete the filming. We then process the images and upload them to your listing within 48 hours. You or your representative needs to be present during the filming.

Benefits to Buyers

1. No wasted trips to unsuitable properties.
   
   
2. View several potentially suitable properties and home in on those that you would like to actually visit.
   
   
3. Revisit properties that you have already viewed, again and again 24/7 access.
   
   
4. During the time between completion and moving in, use the virtual tour to plan decoration, use of rooms or home improvement, a CD containing larger and more detailed panoramas can be given to the purchaser as part of your service.
   
   
5. If relocating to another area, house hunting is seriously time consuming and stressful. Huge amounts of time can be saved by using virtual tours to compile a short-list of suitable properties to actually visit allowing you to efficiently plan a trip to the desired area.
   
   
6. No limit to the number of visits or revisits and all for free.

Benefits to Sellers

1. Avoid dreamers who may not be intent on buying your home. Narrow down actual visits to serious potential buyers.
   
   
2. Show your house in all its glory instead of a simple black and white photograph in the local press. Viewers can tour all rooms, gardens, and outbuildings from their own home.
   
   
3. Avoid the stress of constant visits and having to host whilst maintaining an open house.
   
   
4. Prospective purchasers can view 24 hours, 7 days all year round.
   
   
5. People relocating from other areas can virtually tour your property remotely, greatly increasing the chance of them incorporating an actual visit of your home into their valuable time schedule when arriving in the area.
   
   
6. Archive images of your property for future reference or as a keepsake.

Additional Notes:

We will be glad to film an event or building for you on a quote basis. We can host your tour on our server even if you do not have a fsbo listing with Michigan FSBO Homes.com. Please contact us to discuss your needs. We are adding photographers out side of Washtenaw county constantly. Contact us for availability in your area.

Ordering:
Call 734-327-5040 or e-mail apiper@mediaone.net or complete the fsbo listing form.