“How in the world do I search for homes on San Diego Castles Realty’s web site?” you have been asking yourself.
Of course, you haven’t. It’s about as simple as tying your shoes. But, I had to start somewhere. I needed an excuse to test out a little screen capture video software, and this seemed like an easy-enough springboard for what I can see being a series of riveting “how to” presentations. Just think of the possibilities! How to read a termite report, how to read a title report, how to, um…
Well, there must be some really killer applications, and just as soon as I can think of some, I will be producing more of these thrilling videos. In the meantime (drum roll), here it is.
(Note to our three readers: I am getting some minor yet annoying audio humming, and I can’t for the life of me figure out why. Cut me some slack, please. Even Steven Spielberg had a learning curve.)
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Kris Berg is Co-Owner and Designated Broker of San Diego Castles Realty. If not-so static web sites are your thing, go here at once where you will find loads of real estate information including homes for sale, market trends, floor plans and more. Kris's hobbies include fencing and spot welding. She likes kittens. 
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Wonderful application of screen capture tool to show how easy it is to navigate your website or explain stuff– much easier than writing it all out– visuals often work better than words to communicate “how-tos”
Among the many other screen recorders are Screentoaster.com – free (which will also send it to YouTube, if you like) and Faststone.org ($20 lifetime license), my favorite.
Why is school district a manual entry? That just seems broken. It should be filled in automatically by the MLS based on address and known district boundaries. It’s not that hard. Sigh, I know it’s not in your control tho…
Thanks for the idea, Joe!
Jakob – No, not in my control. Plus, it\’s a tough nut to crack. First there is the \”what if boundaries change?\” dilemma. Then, there are the occassional oddities like an area (Carmel Valley comes to mind) where one home may be in two school districts – one for K through 8 and another for high school. Always, where schools are concerned, it is better to visit the school sites or talk to your agent.
Kris, about the “minor annoying audio humming.” It’s certainly annoying but it’s not really minor. Be sure and use a USB microphone, if you weren’t. Sound quality is TONS better. However, I’ve had a terrible time with USB mics not working after a few months. My new strategy it to leave the mic plugged into the USB port all the time and that seems to work better. But then again the problem could have been unique to my computer set up.
Here’s a post with video I added last night.
http://www.arizonarealestatenotebook.com/2009/08/14/scottsdale-short-sales/
I had to do some jerry rigging. The video itself was too large to embed in the blog post so I used SnagIt to grab and downsize an image of the video starting page and embedded that into the blog post and linked the image to the full video.
I like Jing. It’s very easy to use but you can’t resize the video. (Secret Tip: Jing works spectacular to go over MLS listings for buyer clients. Huge “Wow” factor. Create search in the MLS, create the Jing tutorial on how to use the MLS system and discuss the homes that meet their criteria, and email the link to the buyer client.)
John, I did use a usb mike. The hum goes away if I adjust the volume on playback.
I have used Screentoaster.com in the past, pretty good tool
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