Online Listing Presentation A Valuable Tool For Out of State Homeowners

GoToMeeting.com is a Great Tool for Online Real Estate Listing Presentations

Several times in the last few years, I have dealt with homeowners who live out of state but need to sell their Scottsdale homes.  It has been frustrating for both the client and me.  I send email documents and then we talk on the phone.  I’m looking at photos and statistics trying to explain something and make a point, but we find out we just are not looking at the same page.  Those days of frustration are over.

Welcome to the cutting edge of technology in the real estate industry.  I have my first listing appointment tomorrow using online meeting technology from www.GotoMeeting.com.

How does it work?  I have done all my homework: previewed the listings that the home will be in competition with, reviewed the market trends and statistics for that neighborhood, prepared a market analysis and the listing agreement and made a document of our strategy to sell the home.   I emailed my client an invitation to “join the meeting” at 10:30 on Wednesday with an explanation of how it works.  Her email invitation has a web link and an access code.  Since she is new to this technology, she will need to spend a few minutes downloading the viewer.  Then once she has entered the access code, she will essentially be looking at my computer screen.  As soon as I call her on the telephone, we will have freedom to not only discuss, but view all my detailed information and charts.

There is no doubt that the homeowner has to put a lot of trust in his real estate advisor when he is out of state.  I always try to put myself in the homeowner’s situation and that is how I came up with the online meeting idea.  Short of being in the same room together, I can’t think of a better solution to bridge the distance.