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Gold: www.Obeo.com Easy Choice Silver: Goomzee Bronze: Condo Domain

What a great topic! I have really enjoyed watching the Olympics and seeing the determination and drive that so many of these great athletes demonstrate from around the world. I see companies come and go and most don't begin to understand what buyers really want in their search for finding homes online. I am blown away by the poor visual experience agent and brokers provide the buyer on homes they so desperately need to sell. So many real estate brokers and brands leave it up to the agents to decide how to demonstrate their listings on the web. The problem is in this difficult market more and more agents are moving away from professional photography, and high quality virtual tours to do it yourself, cheap or poor photos of homes. The agent then brands their poor visual content with the high quality brand of their company and sends the message that "our company does not really understand what you the buyers really want” Buyers today want high quality photos of everything in and around the home, they want both still pictures and moving panoramas, and they want the option to see everything about the home even if it is a short sale or REO property. Agents and brokers seem to cutting their budgets in the wrong places. If they really want to sell their listings, they need to give the buyers the best experience. Just like the Olympics, is about strength, determination, preparation, and perseverance, Selling homes today requires us as agents and brokers to win the price war and the beauty contest on and off line! My nomination for the best company to help us accomplish our Gold medal run is Obeo. www.obeo.com They provide the highest quality experience for buyers and sellers and add elements that are so difficult no other competitor can play in their pool. (My Phelps analogy: ) Imagine a buyer looking at a home on line and having the ability to emotionally move in by moving their furniture in, changing the color of the kitchen cabinets, changing the floors from carpet to hardwood and even redecorating the living room by changing the color of the paint on the walls. This is a good medal performance that should be done on every listing that you actually want to sell. Real results is how I measure a good company from a Real competitor. On of my coaching clients in Dallas sent an email last week stating that so many sellers are comming to her because of she markets other homes using Obeo. Her closing in July are over 2 million dollars and she attributes much of that to the way she markets her properties with Obeo. There are a lot of good companies out there with cool web 2.0 experiences, however I have not experienced the extreme positive feedback from actual buyers and sellers and real results for agents that I have from Obeo. So here is my nomination. V

What a great topic! I have really enjoyed watching the Olympics and seeing the determination and drive that so many of these great athletes demonstrate from around the world. I see companies come and go and most don't begin to understand what buyers really want in their search for finding homes online. I am blown away by the poor visual experience agent and brokers provide the buyer on homes they so desperately need to sell. So many real estate brokers and brands leave it up to the agents to decide how to demonstrate their listings on the web. The problem is in this difficult market more and more agents are moving away from professional photography, and high quality virtual tours to do it yourself, cheap or poor photos of homes. The agent then brands their poor visual content with the high quality brand of their company and sends the message that "our company does not really understand what you the buyers really want” Buyers today want high quality photos of everything in and around the home, they want both still pictures and moving panoramas, and they want the option to see everything about the home even if it is a short sale or REO property. Agents and brokers seem to cutting their budgets in the wrong places. If they really want to sell their listings, they need to give the buyers the best experience. Just like the Olympics, is about strength, determination, preparation, and perseverance, Selling homes today requires us as agents and brokers to win the price war and the beauty contest on and off line! My nomination for the best company to help us accomplish our Gold medal run is Obeo. www.obeo.com They provide the highest quality experience for buyers and sellers and add elements that are so difficult no other competitor can play in their pool. (My Phelps analogy: ) Imagine a buyer looking at a home on line and having the ability to emotionally move in by moving their furniture in, changing the color of the kitchen cabinets, changing the floors from carpet to hardwood and even redecorating the living room by changing the color of the paint on the walls. This is a good medal performance that should be done on every listing that you actually want to sell. Real results is how I measure a good company from a Real competitor. On of my coaching clients in Dallas sent an email last week stating that so many sellers are comming to her because of she markets other homes using Obeo. Her closing in July are over 2 million dollars and she attributes much of that to the way she markets her properties with Obeo. There are a lot of good companies out there with cool web 2.0 experiences, however I have not experienced the extreme positive feedback from actual buyers and sellers and real results for agents that I have from Obeo. So here is my nomination. V