The competition for business is serious in my area, thanks to more than 650 real estate agents doing business on a 4 by 6 mile island. To stand out, I use online VisualTours to help current customers direct their friends and family referrals to me. Everyone knows how important it is to use VisualTours on the Internet for your own property listings, but I think it’s just as critical to create tours of my buyer’s potential new home as it is of my seller’s property. I’ve developed template neighborhood scenes to use on these tours, which saves time on subsequent tours. Whether I list or sell a home or a condo, I create a VisualTour of the property and include all of the beautiful scenes of our island, and show all of the fun-filled activities that we have available. I post the tours to my Web site and encourage buyers to have their friends and family members view their new home or condo. By doing this, I’ve inadvertently created a great new source of referral business.

— Susan Ackerson, CRS, Anchor Real Estate, Marco Island, Fla.

Check out Susan's website at http://www.marco4sale.com

This week we are offering you several tours to finish off the year. We hope you enjoy them.

The first tour was created by Margie Stephens and Frank Smith ~ Naples Online Tours. They were asked to create a tour for a wolf sanctuary in Florida. These dedicated folks rescue, house, and care for over 50 varieties of 'misplaced' animals and wolves from around the world. We decided that not only did this sound like a worthy cause but the pictures were really great.

Enjoy your trip through The Shy Wolf Sanctuary by Clicking Here

To get additional information about the tour or Naples Online Tours,
go to www.naplesonlinetours.com. Nice job guys.

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The second tour comes to us from Holly Peeples - Administrator for Karen Bell & The Bell Team of VIP Realty Group, Inc. in Captiva Island, FL. Ready for a house in Florida? They have not only created a great tour showing us fabulous views of the Gulf but also of the pool.

Click Here to have a look.

Karen's team has also done a good job of adding text descriptions to each of the scenes.

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Does anyone want to leave the ice and snow currently pounding the east coast of the US? Well Martin Rubin of Gainesway Realty, Inc. in Fort Lauderdale, FL, takes us directly to the beach and a private marina. When you scroll down under the first screen of Martin's tour, you will see he provides directions for using the "Hot Spots."

Click Here to see the tour.

Nice job Martin! we can't wait for your next tour.

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Our last tour for this newsletter comes from Lisa Baxter of BriarWood Realty in Okemos, MI, She takes us on a wonderful little guided tour through a condo that has two master suites. She even tells us about the new hot water heater and that the unit has been recently repainted. How nice to know that there are things which may not show well in pictures but could certainly make or break a sale.

Click Here to see Lisa's tour.

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Everyone is anxious to see what your little corner of the world looks like.
Please submit your tours to real-estate@VisualTour.com so we can share your tour with the rest of the world.

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