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Virtual Tour Preparation

LET'S MAKE YOUR HOME PHOTO READY

GET READY TO SHOW IT OFF WITH BLUELAVAMEDIA!

Getting your home ready for professional photography is important.
Remember that your photos and interactive virtual tour will be on the web and available for viewers 24/7, so a little time spent preparing now will pay off
greatly in the end.

Our average on-site time for a photo shoot is approximately thirty to sixty minutes depending on the package that was ordered. We will be photographing both the inside and outside of your home.
The photographer that will be coming will likely have several shoots booked for that day so time at each location is limited. It is important that your home be in the condition that you want it photographed, before the photographer arrives.

Make sure that your house is 100% show ready prior to the photographer’s arrival. Below are some tips to make sure your house is looking its best:

Lighting

 

  • Double check all light bulbs are working
  • Ensure bulbs in light fixtures are all the same color
  • Turn on as many lights beforehand as you can
  • Fans need to be turned off- If there’s a secret to having lights on and fans off, please set that up beforehand
Lighting Room 1
Lighting Kitchen 1

Kitchen/Dining Areas

  • Clean off counters; remove any clutter
  • Make sure dirty/clean dishes are out of the sink & put away
  • Empty the garbage can, or if possible hide from view
  • Remove items posted on fridge
  • Remove dish towels from oven, cabinets and sink

Bathrooms

 

  • Put essential items used daily in a small box that can be stored away
  • Close toilet lid and empty the garbage
  • Clean mirrors & glass surfaces
  • Hang your best towels neatly from a towel bar
  • If inside of shower or bathtub is visible, limit the number of viewable products
Lighting Bathroom
Lighting Room 2

Living/Common Areas

  • Remove clutter and tidy up shelves
  • Straighten couch pillows
  • Turn off televisions and hide remote

Outdoors

  • Spruce up entryways, gardens and lawns; trim shrubbery if necessary
  • Yard and patio should be neat; outdoor furniture should be in good shape
  • Mow the lawn; make sure the driveway & entryway are free of clutter
  • In the winter, keep the sidewalks cleared of snow
  • Remove vehicles from driveway and don’t park directly in front of the house
Outside

Most Importantly – Declutter

The biggest issue you can address ahead of time is clutter. Look at your rooms as if you were looking at them through a camera . What catches your eye, will catch the eye of your viewer.
You want potential buyers looking at your home, not the stuff. Take a few moments to declutter each room and ensure things are in order.

A little about Your shoot day

We are only in your house on average for 30-60 minutes, if you have special features of your home you would like photographed, let your agent know so we can get a heads up . We will not:

  • Move furniture or pick up clutter/ garbage
  • Clean or dust
  • Wait for a house to be cleaned

BlueLaVaMedia, LLC PO Box 1943 Traverse City, MI 49685
Email: info@BlueLaVaMedia.Com
Phone: 231-946-1360

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BlueLaVaMedia is Traverse City-based professional photography, virtual tour, and aerial drone company servicing all of Northern Michigan. We offer the very best in professional photography, aerial drone services, and interactive 360 virtual tours. Our new TrueBlue+ photo retouching now includes blue skies and green grass with every photo shoot. Since 2007 we have photographed several thousand homes and nearly one hundred businesses throughout the Northern Michigan region. All of our services and tech-savvy marketing tools are professionally designed to make you, the Realtor, look your best, drive more traffic and increase sales.

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My name is Jason LaVanture and almost 9 years ago I started an internet marketing company that has since grown to become the largest virtual tour company in the world offering full service virtual tours in 26 countries! And I started it right here in Traverse City, Michigan. Now, years later, I have teamed up with local 35 year photography expert, Jim Blue, former owner and operator of local retail store Blue Photo Co Inc. Together Jim and I are able to offer you product and services never before seen in the Northern Michigan market. And best of all, we are able to offer incredible technology at amazingly low prices. It is right here in beautiful Traverse City Northern Michigan that we run and operate BlueLaVaMedia. With our combined experience, we will not only prove to you how you can get more eyes on your business, but also show you how to drastically increase your referral base.

The time to leave a lasting impression online and offline is now more important than ever as you already know. Our Traverse Virtual tours are now better than ever before with our state of the art virtual tour software program. Our online marketing solutions and innovative property marketing tools are chosen daily by intelligent business owners who demand the best online presence and BIGGEST return for their dollar. As a Grand Traverse virtual tour provider, BlueLaVa will put your Traverse City and the Greater Grand Traverse areas real estate listings or storefront in front of more online shoppers than ever imagined. If you own a business in Northern Michigan and would like or be in our Northern Michigan virtual tour portal be sure to order one of our interactive virtual business tours today.

With the power of Jim Blue professional photography and Jason LaVanture, Internet Marketer you are getting the absolute best traverse city virtual tour service at an incredibly LOW discount virtual tour PRICE. When you order a virtual tour from us next be sure to ask how you can get a FREE virtual tour! Our TC virtual tour business model was setup to keep the most money in your pockets and drive traffic through your website.

With our expertise in the virtual tour industry and professional photography of Northern Michigan you will enjoy all of the benefits of having all of the powerful marketing tools you need to drive your business and online storefront to the next level. Would you like to produce your own virtual tours in Northern Michigan? Our virtual tour software and virtual tour hardware packages allow for anyone with little to no photography or technical abilities to complete a full featured online virtual home tour in less than an hour. As a Real Tour Vision reseller, BlueLaVaMedia can offer you the same virtual tour software and hardware package that hundreds of real estate agents use and trust worldwide. We understand that some listing agents are more self-sufficient than others so we remain flexible in our business model and allow you to produce your own Traverse City 360 home tours by using our system.

The time for a change is now. You will not find another virtual tour company in Northern Michigan that can guarantee you will receive more online leads to build your business. We can promise that you will get more compliments and referrals than ever before by using our powerful marketing tools. Let our trained and capable staff is help you find success with online marketing. All of our products, virtual tour tools and services are well tested. You will find that we deliver your 360 virtual home tours in Northern Michigan with time to market in mind. Typically your home tour or virtual business tour is online the very next day. The incredible quality and fast time to market that we are able to achieve id due in part because Jim Blue photographs are best in class and Real Tour Vision virtual tour software is over nine years in development and well tested. Our property tour deliver system utilizes only our proprietary virtual tour software and precision virtual tour hardware which is created by Real Tour Vision engineers and virtual tour software developers. Give us a call today and setup an over the phone presentation or an in-office presentation. If we don’t knock your socks off with our impressive online marketing tools, lunch is on us!

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