Zipvo.com - Video Tours of Real Estate

In San Francisco but trying to buy a house in Boston? It’s not always feasible to fly back and forth across the country to visit potential new properties in person. For this reason, ZIPVO was created. ZIPVO is a simple web application that allows real estate agents or private sellers to post a video of themselves presenting a home in the exact way they would if they were showing the house to you in person. To use ZIPVO, enter in the name of a city and state, or a zip code. You’ll then be presented with real estate videos from properties in the area you’ve specified. After you watch a video, you’ll be able to save it to your favorites if you’re a site member, and/or contact the seller for more information. In addition to video tours, ZIPCO also offers video blogs, interviews, and testimonials. It’s free to post your own video as well. You can also opt to embed the video on your site (for example, an agent could embed a video tour on his or her agency’s webpage). Alternately or additionally, you can post the provided link to your video on your blog, in forums, or in classified advertisements.

“Gone are the days of static, boring slideshows, or 360 tours. ZIPVO.com is going to revolutionize the way people search for real estate, and the way real estate agents promote their listings. Video Walk-Through’s allow a real estate agent to post a video of them presenting the house just as they would at an open house. This gives the buyer the ability to take a tour in the comfort of his or her own home. Thus saving both the Buyer and Real Estate Agent time and money.”

ZIPVO bridges the gap between a home buyer and a home seller by allowing you to get a good idea of what a property looks like without having to travel to see it in person. The fact that it is actually being presented by an agent, and isn’t just a 360 slideshow, lends more credibility and depth to the presentation. Better yet, the application lets you upload vides for free.

It would be great if ZIPVO let you append your video with text; is this an option?