A few posts in recent months have focussed on the concept of the virtual agent. Dave Platter first commented on events in the states and how that might effect the local industry in a post titled “Victory for Virtual Agents in US Could Lead to Threat to Traditional Agents in Australia”
Dave followed up with “The Rise of the Virtual Real Estate Agent” and then again with ”Inside of the Mind of a Road Warrior a Real Estate Agent Who Replace Her Office With Technology”
During all the discussion Dave came up with a good definition of a Virtual Agency :- ”Agency whose principal storefront is a website, that acquires and serves customers principally online, that serves either or both buyers and sellers. May also be a discount agent.”
Many agents have a great virtual presence but nobody for mind could be considered as a true Virtual Agent. Teena Andrews from Dave’s third post was really more of a remote worker to a bricks and mortar agency and Dave called her a “Road Warrior”.
The other day I had call from Dave Paddington, a friend who had left the real estate industry in July last year selling his rent roll and equipment, or so I thought. The call was over another matter but the conversation quickly turned to his new business. It turns out he had not left the industry at all but had been busy developing a Virtual Real Estate Group called Uhoo – www.uhoo.com.au. A franchise that if Dave has his way will place a virtual agency right in the backyard of many traditional agencies.
I fired off some questions to Dave that you might find interesting. Read the rest of this article »
In the comments to my 30 May 2008 post on the rise of the 
