Taking the Leap

After some thoughtful consideration, my husband and I have decided that we would like to sell our house.  I know what you are going to say.....in this market?  Here is what we are thinking, the feedback that we are getting from realtors is that the market is actually in a much better state then it has been in years, and houses are selling albeit not over night.  All that being said, we realize that when it comes to selling real estate that there is a lot riding on timing.  We don't know if this is the right time or not, but we are thinking that there is no better time to take a chance and find out.

One thing we know for sure is that most people look for potential homes that they want to visit by perusing them on the internet, so we decided that we really wanted to utilize some extra visual outlets to give our house an upper edge.

Being that I frequently use Pinterest, I thought that it would be a great place to create a page for our home that would paint a picture.  This picture would not only be of our home but of the area that we live in (for people that may not be familiar with what our town has to offer).  If you are intrigued, tap here to see Our Home's Pinterest Page.

Also, our very talented friend Marc Steiner had suggested utilizing a new application call TourWrist.  Basically, TourWrist is a free app that creates 360 views and essentially allows you to teleport yourself anywhere and take a virtual tour.  You can download the app from your iPad, iPhone, tablet, etc and really experience the ability to feel like you are present in another place, literally.  However, for those that do not download the app, you can still tap the link and take a 360 tour.  Here are some of the 360 views that we created for our house (don't forget, if you have the app you'll find the experience to be pretty amazing):

 

TourWrist view of Living Room 

TourWrist View of Backyard

Of course, in addition to this new attempts at playing with how to utilize real estate and social media, we are also taking a lot of the traditional approaches as well.  Only time will tell if these new options give us an upper edge, if it does you know we will share.  Also, if you have any thoughts, on Pinterest or TourWrist, we would love to hear them.