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My voice over artist says she thinks an English Manor accent on a virtual tour can help real estate agents sell a property. She says it makes the marketing unique and powerful. I tend to agree. I certainly don't mind adding this type of audio to my virtual tours. But it's really a matter of what ...

Lancaster's WGAL-TV8 also covered this week's meeting of the mortgage holders that have been burned by Personal Financial Management. Here is the link to their coverage: http://www.wgal.com/news/14359656/detail.htmlChannel 8 is reporting that people traveled as far away as Delaware to attend the ...

OPFM Inc., which operated as Personal Financial Management Inc., and Image Masters Inc., at 1672 Manheim Pike, Lancaster, PA, and was based in Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania, came under fire again this week. These companies, operated by Wesley A. Snyder, are now under bankruptcy protection. ...

In the November 2008 issue of Popular Photography & Imaging, the new 2008 digital cameras are discussed. These are PRO camera models, but even if you are not planning on buying one of the higher end models, these new releases should lower the prices of current models.So if you can hold off your p...

Here your first look at new technology I am deploying and making available to my clients: http://content.metropix.com/p/427694Check it out! Hot spots integrated into floor plans with photos, spins, panoramas. What do you think? I am going to be offering free demonstrations of this at local real e...

After a couple of days off from the No No pictures, here is another batch being used to market a property. These are most interesting!  That's a very nice tree.  Is it just me, or do these cabinets (wherever they are in the property) need another coat of paint? Wow. This property includes a toile...

I have been asked several times recently about "hotspots" on virtual tours. Many virtual tours do not have them, because of the technology being used to create the tour. It's a matter of either you or can't create hot spots, based on your software and deployed technology.If you want to see hot sp...

There is more fallout from bankruptcy of Personal Financial Management, which also did business as OPFM and Image Masters Inc., at 1672 Manheim Pike, in Lancaster. As I mentioned in earlier blog entries, over 800 people are facing foreclosures in south east Pennsylvania. Personal Financial Manage...

Let's see what's in this edition of the no-no photos. (These are actual marketing photos I've found for properties for sale, and include my comments about the photos. What a beautiful corner of the house. So artistic. I wonder what the front of the house looks like...or maybe this property only c...

In case you love watching a great implosion as much as I do, check out this one that at Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore:http://www.mdmercy.com/hospitalServices/mercyFacilities/towercam-1007.html#implosionWay, way cool. I don't know why implosions are so neat to watch, but they are! Those guys t...