IPhone app stores house-tour info
Observations can be outputted in PDF reports
By Inman News, Thursday, November 19, 2009.A new iPhone application from developer a la mode lets agents take notes, voice memos and photos during home tours that reflect their clients' likes and dislikes about a property, which can be outputted as a PDF-formatted report.
The reports generated by a la mode's TourNarrator iPhone app frees clients from having to take their own notes during home tours, reducing the need for second showings and helping buyers make more confident decisions, the company said.
TourNarrator records typed or voice notes, organizing them and incorporating them with photos into multimedia reports. Clients receive a summarized recap of their opinions, captured and published from the agent's iPhone.
After the app was approved for release through the iTunes App Store last week, it jumped to 11th place among paid apps in the business category, a la mode said in a press release.
Another house-tour app -- Home Selection Assistant, released by Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate -- auto-detects a user's location when users snap photos during home tours, and allows users to compile photo albums for homes that can be shared with others or synced with a home computer (see story).
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Submitted by Robert A. Hulme on November 19, 2009 - 6:17am.
Sounds like 2 great new tools that I must have available for my home buyers.
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Submitted by Pamela Bell on November 19, 2009 - 9:05pm.
It may be better for clients to use these for themselves. I don't know how practical it is to record pictures and notes for the clients while you are involved showing them the house, pointing out the pros and cons and answering their questions.
It is one thing to take pictures for them and another to record their reaction to the property. They ask "how far to the train" and we say "wait a minute I have to make a few more notes"?