We've seen plenty of companies setting up shop in Second Life but the San Francisco Chronicle covers the use of Second Life to sell real estate in real life. Coldwell Banker has created a virtual version of a $3.095 million house for sale in Mercer Island, Washington. What's the value of having the house in Second Life? People all around the world can virtually visit the home at any time. In the article, listing agent Suzanne Lane reports that she isn't sure whether or not the listing will sell the house but that she has fielded calls from interested parties. Coldwell Banker opened its Second Life office in March and also buys and develops virtual property.Real Estate Goes Large In Second Life
We've seen plenty of companies setting up shop in Second Life but the San Francisco Chronicle covers the use of Second Life to sell real estate in real life. Coldwell Banker has created a virtual version of a $3.095 million house for sale in Mercer Island, Washington. What's the value of having the house in Second Life? People all around the world can virtually visit the home at any time. In the article, listing agent Suzanne Lane reports that she isn't sure whether or not the listing will sell the house but that she has fielded calls from interested parties. Coldwell Banker opened its Second Life office in March and also buys and develops virtual property.
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9-03-2007 @ 6:01PM
Chrischun Fassbinder said...
For those interested in taking a tour of the virtual home, just visit Coldwell Banker Headquarters within Second Life located in the Ranchero sim (200,250), using the following SLURL http://slurl.com/secondlife/ranchero/66/133/35/ or search under places for Coldwell Banker. For the record, design, execution, and ongoing maintenance of Coldwell Banker's presence in Second Life is handled by Code4Software LLC www.code4software.com
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9-04-2007 @ 9:40AM
Steve said...
For $3 million, I would expect at least a sideload garage maybe even with a car port!
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