My Story

I’m Andrew Olson, the founder of RealSpace Tours and Blog.RST. I’ve had 5 years of experience in the web development and online marketing industries. I’ve managed the development and successful launches of dozens of internet related projects. My specialties are building well-designed web applications and effectively using internet advertising tools to grow a brand and a business. Aside from the internet and marketing, I have a huge passion for and interest in real estate. I love buildings, architecture, development, home sales and the real estate industry as a whole.

Enter: RealSpace Tours

One day, while looking at homes online, I noticed how pathetic most of the online tours were (sorry, but it’s true). I decided there had to be a better way to create tours…

I was resolved: I ditched my other projects and spent the next few months studying the virtual tour industry; I had to create a system that gave agents something that could truly help them easily create better tours and generate more business. What I found were 4 important things:

One, most of the home tours on the internet look like they were created 15 years ago – tours should be beautiful, not just something that “works.” 

Two, tours need to be easy to create - if it takes an agent more than 5 minutes to create a tour, something needs to be fixed. 

Three tours that no one sees are worthless – if there’s no built in marketing tools to promote the listing, what’s the point? 

Four, the economy is tough, a virtual tour system shouldn’t cost more than it needs to – agents shouldn’t have to pay $300 per tour or expensive setup charges. 

This is why I created RealSpace Tours; I want real estate agents to have a virtual tour platform that’s easy to use, generates gorgeous tours, has built in promotion tools and is extremely cost efficient on any budget. And we’ve done a great job creating this, I’m so proud of the system we’re coming out with. 

More About our Platform

RealSpace Tours will be launching in mid-October. 

The tour creation system is one simple page and produces a full, gorgeous, customizable website for the property, instantly.

The tour includes a video slideshow, photo gallery, map view, detailed specs on the home and a “request more information” link to help agents capture leads from buyers.

All users are provided with a beautiful homepage that lists all their active and recently sold properties. 

The system has integrated marketing tools that allow agents to promote their tours across a variety of websites, including Realtor.com

RealSpace Tours is smart: users are able to see how many times their tours have been viewed, track leads from interested buyers and print reports on activity – all with the click of a button. 

The system will cost just $27.99 per month and will allow users to upload an unlimited number of tours.

More info is coming over the next 2-3 weeks. To learn more, you can sign up for our launch here.

About Blog.RealSpace Tours

Okay, now that we’ve gotten that out of the way, let’s talk about Blog.RST. First off, Blog.RST is not about RealSpace Tours, it’s not a way to talk about how cool RealSpace Tours is (RealSpace Tours doesn’t need a blog to talk about how great it is – it can do that on it’s own). Instead, this blog is all about helping real estate agents effectively use internet marketing to grow their business, their brand, their client base and their success. Teaching real estate professionals how to use the valuable (and often underused) resources available through the internet is something that I’m passionate about; this blog will provide 5 fresh articles every week with the sole aim of growing your real estate business and brand through online marketing. 

If you’re one of the (many) agents that believes the internet is largely a waste of time and doesn’t sell homes or add to your bottom line; let me be the first to tell you, it is a goldmine for Realtors. I personally know several agents who are working with multiple clients at this time; all of which found the agents from a smart use of internet marketing. It can be done and it is being done. And that is what this blog is about: fresh content, 5 days a week, internet marketing, generating results in your real estate business. 

The Community

Finally I have one request of you as a reader: this blog is not intended to be something for you to look at, it is interactive. When you read a post and have a though or question, please leave a comment on it. The community will answer and it will generate a discussion. The site is a place for learning, growing and discussion; your insights, questions, answers and comments will create value for the entire Blog.RST community.

If you have a question, idea, or just want to talk real estate marketing, send me an email or contact me through the big button at the top; I reply to every message I receive. Also, if you have ideas for new posts or would like to submit a guest post, email me about that as well. I’m looking forward to working with you to create value in your business.