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Frequently Asked Questions
When people view your video tour, they have already screened out unwanted properties, read your description, and clicked through the photos. IF they bother to continue by downloading the video, they are seriously interested in your property! Consider this your first showing! Not only will they watch if from beginning to end, they will oftentimes watch it multiple times - each time looking for new things! If we showed you a random wedding video, you probably would shut it off after a minute or so. Why? It's boring. However... if it was your daughter or son's wedding -or your wedding - you would watch it from beginning to end, right? Watching a real estate video is pretty boring for most people - it's not exactly entertaining. However, if YOU are interested in purchasing the property, it's extremely engaging!
Put yourself in the shoes of a person seriously considering the purchase of a home vs. the real estate agent or a typical web surfer entertaining themselves online, and you'll understand what we mean.
Video tours take many hours to produce each 3-7 minute video, with editing, soundtrack, script writing and the recording of the narration. Also included is web video encoding, html coding, video compression and graphic design. In addition, we use high quality, licensed music on all tours, which generally run approximately $50+ per track. Our cameras, lenses, compression software, server and computer power necessary to produce high definition video costs well over $25,000. Check on the web - most video tours run $500-$2000 and up for each tour! Oh, and don't forget we upload a high definition version of your video to around ten (10) web video sites!
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How long does it take to produce a video tour?
Generally, it takes anywhere from 60-120 minutes to film and photograph the property, depending on the size of the home. If we are only shooting video, allow about 60 minutes for an average size home. Editing, production time, narration, compression, etc. take approximately 3-5 hours additional hours off site. We strive to have your 
Having produced thousands of tours since even before YouTube came on the scene, we've had the opportunity to speak with hundreds of buyers, agents and sellers about their experiences. Not once has anyone mentioned having an issue with the length of the video, and many times we've been told about the dozens (and sometimes dozens and dozens of times!) that people watched the tour - over and over - literally talking themselves into buying the property!
