Technology is coming at us almost faster than we can keep up. It’s only been a few years that floor-plans became both viable and affordable. I am of the belief that they should be used with almost all listings.

I want to know both the layout and if my furniture will fit. Layouts should not be second guessed and with more out of state buyers, a live viewing isn’t always practical.

One of the options today is to have the 3D floor-plan show furniture and colors. It’s important to know that the furniture is just an added graphic and does not represent existing furniture. More importantly the colors and textures are taken from the existing property and may not be desirable. Below I have an example where the lower had wood paneling and carpet I wouldn’t care to have. In this example less would be more.

At PropertyTours.US we want to provide the product that will help you sell the property, so feel free to ask questions about the best way to present a property.

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Plain black and white 3D rendering.- Processing 48 hours

Black and white 3D floorplan with furnishings added..- Processing 48 hours

3D rendering with color, colors are picked from original scan. Flooring, carpet and tile representative of actual space..- Processing 48 hours

3D rendering with color, colors are picked from original scan. Flooring, carpet and tile representative of actual space. Fixed furniture and appliances are shown. Other furniture and throw rugs are just graphic representations..- Processing 48 hours

This rendering shows how the carpet, paneling and textures are picked up from the original scan. If your property is dated with sculptured 70’s shag carpet you may want to stay with the black and white renderings. This images also shown how the patio, entry and decks where included. This isn’t always possible or desired.

This images also shown how the patio, entry and decks where included. This isn’t always possible or desired.- Processing 48 hours

A 2D floorplan is always included with the 3D renderings. Patios, decks and entryway may not be possible. – Processing 12-24 hours

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All 2D floorplans will also include a GLA (gross living area) rendering. The footage is printed on the 2D plans Processing 12-24 hours

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A la Carte Vs. Package pricing?

Wouldn’t it be nice if you could get a package price on what you want and still have the ability to select the options that you wished to take advantage of? What if I could offer you a custom package that fits your specific needs at a price that is more affordable than the alternative a la carte pricing that is satisfied by different contractors.

What is worth more to you? All of your options being fulfilled under one roof at a package price or a la carte options by different contractors. Each individual contractor has to be scheduled, resulting in you or your clients taking more time off of work and out of busy schedules to be there for the multiple individuals. Finally, this also requires the services of a marketing representative that facilitates the scheduling of each of these contractors.

In-house ordering definitely has its pitfalls and I am committed to offering you an in-house alternative that makes sense financially, is convenient and that maintains continuity.

Of course in-house departments are encouraged to contact us and build packages that can be offered affordably and quickly.

I am able to do this because I am a local business owner and I stand behind my work because I take pride in what I do.

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Over the years our interpretation of a virtual tour has changed, starting with a simple gallery, then a YouTube “video” (the gallery on YouTube), to overlays, sliders, popups etc. When we finished, we scrapped it all.

A Great Virtual Tour may have video elements, slideshows, 360 3-D tours. It may have maps, have sound and may have descriptions. We have seen it all, and when all is said and done, we decided there was to much bling. It got confusing and it often didn’t work. Old browsers, operating systems, tablet and smart phones. It always had issues or just broke.

Our Virtual Tours keep elements separated, Look at one or the other. And we don’t break. A clean interface on Desktops and Laptops, a clean interface on phones and tablets. In other words, we kept it clean and informative, just like we tried to do with our website, clean and informative. We have 1 sample tour that has it all, try it on all your devices, if you break it. Let us know. It works on everything we have, but we don’t have everything.

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Limited Time Offer SAVE $55.00 on the Deluxe Package

With the rise in Real Estate Values, sellers expect more. Now that their $600,000.00 home has an estimated value of $800,000.00 they want to sell for $1,000,000.00.

You get the listing and after 1 week with no showings they decide it is the photography that is at fault. We both know it’s that million dollar price tag, but the seller is always right.  Maybe it’s time to get ahead of the game, give them what they want from the start and do so without breaking the bank.

I also understand that the bread and butter homes don’t need the bells and whistles because the sellers are more realistic.

That is why we have put together the DELUXE package, it allows you to satisfy both ends of the spectrum.

The down side is that I can’t give you the same day delivery you have become accustomed to. All of the editing takes time. So if you want it photographed and want to list it the same day, you have to go the standard route. If you want all the bells and whistles, then it will take and extra day or two.

And you need to tell me ahead of time.

Color Cast Removal:

Color cast refers to an unwanted shift in the overall color balance of an image, typically caused by the lighting conditions or the characteristics of the camera sensor. It results in an unnatural tint dominating the image, such as a blue or yellow cast. Color cast removal is the process of correcting or neutralizing this undesired tint to restore the image’s natural color balance.

Window Pulls:

In cinematography and video production, a “window pull” refers to a technique used to reveal detail or objects outside a window or any bright source of light within a scene. It is often used to prevent overexposure of the window or bright area while maintaining visibility of the external elements.

Below are two sets of images, the left column shows what the camera sees and the product you will recieve with out regular HDR image package. The right column is what you will receive with our deluxe HDR image package’

The Deluxe images will extend our delivery by 1 to 2 days and we charge a basic $125  (limited time offer $70.00) additional for this service. This is very labor intensive.

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Sometimes the results are more subtle as in Jump to set one or more pronounced as in Jump to set two.

These are services we have always offered but nobody reads our services page.

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Set One Set Two Set Twilight Go Back Up

Set Two Jump back to the top Set Twilight Jump back to the top

When potential buyers search for properties online, they typically browse through countless listings. To capture their attention, a property must stand out from the competition. Professional real estate photography is one of the most effective ways to achieve this. Studies have shown that homes with high-quality photos not only sell faster but also command higher prices than those with lower-quality images.

Not all interiors are silver-grey

Another major advantage of professional real estate photography is that it allows buyers to preview a property before visiting it in person. With advancements in technology, virtual tours and 360-degree photos have become increasingly popular. These tools enable potential buyers to explore a home from the comfort of their own space, saving both buyers and sellers time by filtering out properties that may not be the right fit.

However, real estate photography is about more than just taking beautiful images—it’s about telling a story and creating an emotional connection with buyers. A skilled photographer knows how to highlight the essence of a home, using lighting, angles, and composition to make it as appealing as possible. The right images can help buyers envision themselves living in the space, ultimately increasing their desire to make it their own.

In today’s competitive market, professional real estate photography isn’t just a luxury—it’s a necessity. Investing in high-quality images can make a significant difference in how quickly and successfully a property sells. If you’re looking to give your listings the best possible advantage, contact Property Tours today. Let us help you showcase your properties in the best light and attract more buyers with stunning, high-impact photography.

The best and fastest way to contact me is either with a phone call or a text message.

Please TEXT or CALL 503-550-7774 for the quickest response.

‘I need pictures of …., How much? Okay I will think about it’, next call.

What ever happened to ‘Oh, and what do I get for that?’

It’s definitely strange times in the Real Estate business. I have often, in conversation, asked a seller where they are moving to. Some say up sizing for family, downsizing because of family, moving for work, the list goes on. Lately I have been hearing ‘I don’t know’.

I think we are going through a time of uncertainty, political unrest, pandemics and now wildfires and they are all affecting the stock market and Real Estate Markets.

Because of uncertain politics, high interest rates and a greater economic division, I think we are going through a time of widespread helplessness, we feel trapped . But there is one thing we can do, we can sell our home and move.

One of the dangers of this attitude is that it’s based on fear, not what’s best for the family. For those that have worked with me this past ten years, you know that I track every home I photograph, I know when the listing goes live, when the listing goes pending and when the listing is sold.

It also means I know when the listing goes off the market and I am seeing way to many get canceled within 2 weeks of going live, sometimes even after they have gone pending. Why? I believe it’s because the seller now has to decide what to do, something they really haven’t thought about, they listed because they want something to control.

A Realtor has been trained to qualify the buyer, now I think it’s time to qualify the seller.

You need to do it right the first time!

The first impression is the one that’s remembered. Start your listing off on the right foot.

If you schedule us to photograph your listing you will have those great pictures for your flier to start with, and you will have both that un-branded tour link to include in the MLS listing as well as a Realtor Branded Tour for you to promote both your listing and yourself in Social Media.

It’s all about marketing and customer service. Your seller doesn’t think a listing in RMLS is what you meant when you promised ”all that marketing”.

Branded Virtual Tour Sample

Simply put, a 360 virtual tour is a way to visualize something without physically being there. We encounter them all the time—a simple slideshow, a pair of shoes rotating on a screen. Since the early days of internet marketing, I’ve been dedicated to bringing experiences to life without the need for physical presence.

In 2013, I created a virtual tour of Ken Austin’s car collection—an experience that, even today, remains captivating and immersive  Ken Austin’s car collection . I’ve showcased a portable dentist chair designed for use in third-world countries Portable Dentist Chair and even brought simple figurines to life through digital visualization  figurines  —all long before the name “Matterport” even existed.

For our purposes, let’s focus on 360 virtual tours within the real estate industry. It’s important to understand that “Matterport” is just one brand of 360 virtual tours. It’s a name, not a category, and not all 360 tours are Matterport—nor are all Matterport tours created equal. Far from it.

To clarify the differences, I’ll outline various types of 360 tours along with examples of each. These are just a few of the many variations available. We can provide nearly any format desired, with costs varying based on the time required. My goal here is to highlight the versatility of these tours, empower our clients to offer something unique, and most importantly, help you better understand what you’re asking for when you say, “I need a virtual tour.”

It’s also important to note: none of what we’re discussing here is a video.

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Matterport

Matterport, automated

Krpano auto rotate and auto advance

Krpano HotSpot Navigation

3D Vista with floorplan  (requires Floorplan)

3D Vista with sidebar

3dvista with sidebar and photo gallery

Ken Austin’s car collection, Krpano with extensive XML markup and embedded 360 tours and galleries (not what you would order for your average home)

Also Zillow 360 tours and Ricoh 360 tours. I have been doing 360 Virtual Tours for 9 years, it’s nice to see the industry catching up.

In today’s market, Realtors don’t always know when they’ve been passed over. In fact, you might never even get the call.

Sellers often do their homework quietly—reviewing past listings, comparing photos, tours, and presentation quality long before they reach out. If your portfolio doesn’t spark interest or instill confidence, you may not even make their shortlist.

That’s why visual marketing matters—before the listing appointment.

If we’ve worked together before, your portfolio already lives on our website under your name. If we haven’t yet teamed up, don’t worry—you can still showcase the kind of high-impact photography and tour content we create. Share examples that reflect the standard you’re committed to delivering.

This isn’t about claiming someone else’s listing. It’s about showing sellers the investment you’ll be making to help their property stand out and generate real traffic.

Because sellers notice when a Realtor brings value to the table—and they appreciate the ones willing to invest in their success.

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Since the beginning we have always offered more bang for the buck .
We have always thought of ourselves as Marketers, not just a photographers.

The Realtors job is to sell the property and they hire us to give them those tools. They should also be thinking about how to use those same tools to sell themselves to perspective clients, to build a presence.

Have we done our job?  We believe the answer is a resounding yes. We have many clients that have hired us for 50 plus properties, one is at 175 properties at the time of this writing. If we where not doing our job they probably wouldn’t keep hiring us.

When it comes to marketing the property and marketing our client, we have no competition. There are many photographers and they do good work but what do they give you in addition to the photos, video or 3D tour? From what we see on the web, not much. In fact most RE photographers send their images overseas to be processed. That’s fine if you don’t mind images that all look alike, images that have been modified and desaturated until they no longer look like the property. You may think this is good, but buyers want to see the real thing.

It is your job to present an accurate representation of what you are selling and those are the tools we strive to provide.
As an added BONUS, we then Market you, the Realtor.

What do you do with the video links, Matterport links, photo images other than include them in your MLS listing and hope they show up in Zillow, Redfin, etc.? Our competition doesn’t care, they did their job and now the rest is up to you.

Here is where we are different, we give you the same links and images as other RE photographers do and then we do the following marketing of your property.

We provide a polished Virtual Tour that includes everything you placed an order for in ONE place. Slide shows, Matterport tours, Floorplans, Drone images and videos and even a Google Map that shows all nearby attractions, hospitals, markets, transportation, schools etc etc. All in just one link-url. Take a look: The tours are optimized to look great on both the desktop as well as mobile devices.

Then we provide the same tour, but with Your Realtor Branding for you to post on your Facebook Page, Instagram, Linked In etc etc.

Finished? We just got started.

Both Branded and Un Branded Tours are posted to Linked In, FaceBook, Instagram, Pinterest and Tweeted. Branded version has your name in the title.

Your images are converted into a Realtor Branded video and posted on YouTube and that is posted on Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest, Linked In and Tweeted (all with your name in the title).

The secret to Social Media is repetition, getting YOUR NAME out there, over and over again.  In a nut shell, the more times your name is indexed, the more important you are. For every property we shoot for you, your name will be added to these indexes at least 20 times, then the promoting you do only increases the occurrences.

AND WE DO THIS AT NO EXTRA COST TO YOU

What we don’t do

It’s your choice, hire a Photographer or hire a Marketer, Cost is the same!

Does Social Media work? It does if your reading this.

Remember that Buyers will want to walk through fewer homes and sellers will want fewer lookers in the homes. Consequently, this is the perfect time to encourage your Buyers to view any quality online tours that are available.

There has been a couple of significant changes in the Real Estate world. Mainly it’s a SELLERS market and they know it. It doesn’t matter how experienced you are, they are in control. Be prepared for change, and be prepared for “I want it on the Market tomorrow”, followed by “I’m not ready yet, check back next week.”

I suggested 3D virtual tours, both Matterport as well as other 360 virtual tours. Matterport isn’t the only 360 provider. We have been providing high quality 360 virtual tours for the past ten years. Both buyers and sellers want them and it doesn’t matter if you like them or not, it’s whether the buyers and sellers like them. They are here to stay. ALL of my high volume Realtors provide them, I don’t even ask them anymore. That’s probably why they are getting the listings.

If there is land involved, then the drone is a must.

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If we all work together toward this goal we will succeed.

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Builders and Remodelers

Contractors, re modelers, painters and renovators take out the old and generally ugly and install or build something nicer and contemporary to today’s taste. Whether for web site use, promotional material or investment prospecting, a good set of images that show what to expect are critical.

Having experience in Real Estate images I can look at a gutted building or old kitchen area and have a good idea of what was and what will be. This is important because the before and after shots should be taken from the same spot to best show what has been accomplished.

Right after taking and processing the before images I assemble a slide show that takes you through the property in the same order I would do it if it was ready to go, when I take the after images I actually watch the slideshow of the before so I can position myself and provide truly accurate comparisons between the before and the after.

If this is a service I can provide you, please get in contact with me as early as possible so a plan can be organized determining just what you expect and what I can provide.

In an example of a complete remodel, do you want the before starting with the house as acquired, then a set after being gutted, then we can do a progress shoot or just a final shoot. The example slides are just after being gutted and finally ready for market.

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Are we successful, have our goals been reached and are we content with our business. When it comes to Real Estate sales we have to keep asking ourselves these questions, after all, we are self employed.

What makes this work for those that are successful seems to be split, either you are very driven, and working at it all the time or you are part of a well oiled team.

In the years that I have been involved in Real Estate, I have noticed that the team players have more leisure time and are just less stressed. This is because the workload is delegated and it’s assumed that everyone is doing their job.

So what does this have to do with us, well independent contractor’s such as PropertyTours can also be part of many teams and the difference is how we interact. Why would you want to have me on your team, whether you are a lone wolf or establish team, my answer would be stress, or the lack of it.

• Instead of ‘Someone find a photographer’ it would be ‘Did you call Bill’

• How soon will the turn around be, will be known.

• Will the pictures look like their website, will be known. BTW every property taken is posted on our website, no surprises even if this our first time working together.

• Can they fit us in, I’m part of the team, of course I’ll work you in.

• It’s a long way out there, if I’m shooting all your properties then it averages out.

• I only list one home a year, doesn’t matter, it’s more about the relationship and next year will be easier than this year..

This email is about relationships. I want to be part of your team, not a commodity. And in return, you have a photographer that provides HDR images, 360 3D tours, drone images and video as well as video walk abouts on your team.

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My parents had a Christmas rule, for at least that day we had better get along. I am happy to say that we managed to do that on more than one a day a year.

Just look at the high water cuffs on my Big Brother, Skip, and in those days you didn’t buy jeans where the length was by inches, you just rolled them up.

This has been a good year, all my family has avoided illness and there isn’t much if anything worthwhile to complain about. I truly hope you can say the same.

I even have a new Granddaughter, Arden. A not only beautiful but healthy little girl. Now 3 years old.

Have a safe and joyous Holiday and I am looking forward to what we do next year.

Being a team player

That’s easy, consistency and who we work for.

We work for YOU, the Brokerage Marketing department works for the Brokerage.

It’s our job to not only help you sell the property you are representing, but to help you sell your services, and sell YOU.

I’ve been in the real estate business for over four decades, and in all that time, I’ve never met a single career Realtor who stayed with just one brokerage—or didn’t eventually go independent. So it raises an important question:

Why does all your past marketing consistently promote your brokerage first and you second?

This isn’t about switching brokerages. It’s about recognizing the truth of your business: you work for YOU.

When you hire us to take photos or create a “virtual tour,” you’re not just hiring us for pretty pictures. You’re asking us to help market you—your brand, your value, your expertise. That’s where the long-term growth happens.

Let’s make sure your marketing reflects that.

That’s exactly what we focus on—consistency. All of our virtual tours are designed to promote you, not just your current brokerage. So when you make a move, your marketing transitions with you—seamlessly and without disruption.

Did you know we even create a separate branded video, customized with your name and branding, and upload it directly to YouTube? We also post that same video to Facebook, share it on Pinterest, Tweet it, and even add it to Google+. Your listing post on our website is also shared to LinkedIn.

That means your name is being indexed and promoted across at least six major platforms—building your personal brand and online presence in a way your brokerage’s in-house marketing simply doesn’t.