Real Estate in Denver and the Suburbs

I have a Flickr account I use a litte, but here is a new way I am using it.    

I have some clients that are relocating to the Denver area.  They are very familiar with the area as they have lived here before.  I am very familiar with their needs & wants & what they like as I have worked with them before. 

At this point, they had flown into town on 2 separate occasions but had not yet found "the" house.  With their current home on the east coast Under Contract they didn't really plan to fly out here again until they move but most likely will buy something sight unseen.  With my very good understanding of what they are looking for, I knew this was do-able. 

2 very good possibilities have come about and I went ahead and brought my video camera with me to preview the homes.  The first time I brought my regular camera that does video clips.  That didn't work as well as I would have liked  - some of the clips didn't come out but I still had enough for what I needed plus I took some still shots too.  The second time I brought my not very much used yet Flip video camera with me.  I think prior to this my kids have used it more than I to film the puppy running around the house & yard. 

In both cases I kept my clips to under 90 seconds came home and got them on Flickr fast.  The reason I kept all of the clips under 90 seconds is so that I could just upload them individually without having to edit anything and cut it up into 90 second frames.  The Flip software let me compress them quickly to get them on Flickr. 

I was actually almost surprised at how easy it was and had I known I probably would have done it sooner.  And sure they are not professional stellar quality videos but it was exactly what the buyers needed to make a decision one way or another.  They had very specific questions about some of the features of the home that the available photos just didn't satisfy their curiosity.  I just created a Set in my Flickr account to load them too and emailed them the URL.  It was that easy. 

In both cases, these were brand new listing of homes that had just gone on the market that day.  Photos available were very limited.  I had my clients 2,000+ miles away watching videos within 4 hours of the listing becoming active. 

Homes in their range & location & desired features are still going fast - when things become available, we need to act rather quickly.  These 2 tools helped alleviated some of the stress that my buyers had of making quick decisions sight unseen.  Because now the sights were pretty much seen.

I know there are about a zillion other ways I can let people view the video - but this was easy for me and for my clients and it was fast.  I am sure I will look at other options too but in the meantime, this works.

Video on Flickr now has its place as part of my ever growing range of tools for full service.  And for the record, videoing a listing for a Denver relocation client is not what is new - but gone are the days of the big clunky camcorder and overnighting a CD.  Small & quick are where it is at.

By the way, if you are relocating to Denver, there are a bunch of photos on that Flickr account of the area to check out.