Don’t Fall in Love With a Home Online - Buyer Psychology | EP410

<p>Great photos, videos, floor plans, and 3D tours can help you narrow down your home search—but they can’t tell you everything.</p><p><br></p><p>In Part 1 of our three-part series for buyers, Ariel Kormendy and Adrian Trott break down why seeing a home in person still matters. From wide-angle lenses and virtual staging to smells, natural light, property condition, scratched floors, neighbourhood feel, and the little details photos simply can’t capture, what you see online isn’t always what you get.</p><p><br></p><p>They also discuss why open houses are still valuable, how buyers use online listings to shortlist properties, and why ruling out a home based entirely on its photos could mean overlooking a property that actually feels completely different once you step inside.</p><p><br></p><p>VIDEO SECTIONS &amp; TIMESTAMPS</p><p>0:00 – Intro</p><p>2:08 – What You See Online Isn’t Always What You Get</p><p>3:10 – Why Do Open Houses Still Exist?</p><p>4:09 – What You Can Only Experience in Person</p><p>5:30 – How Buyers Shortlist Homes Online</p><p>7:56 – Can Technology Replace an In-Person Showing?</p><p>9:06 – How Photos Can Be Deceiving</p><p>12:00 – The One Thing Photos Can’t Show: Smell</p><p>12:44 – Seeing the True Condition of a Home</p><p>13:23 – When Listing Photos Go Too Far</p><p>14:34 – The Details Photos Can Hide</p><p>17:24 – Why Buyers Should See More Homes in Person</p><p>19:01 – The Clothing Store Analogy for House Hunting</p><p>21:34 – The Big Takeaway for Home Buyers</p><p>22:37 – Outro/recap</p><p><br></p><p>Watch on YouTube:</p><p><a href="https://youtube.com/kormendytrott" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://youtube.com/kormendytrott</a></p><p>Listen on Spotify:</p><p><a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/1pwncyet9NydbgTmx5D21k" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://open.spotify.com/show/1pwncyet9NydbgTmx5D21k</a></p><p><br></p><p>Linktree:</p><p><a href="https://linktr.ee/kormendytrott" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://linktr.ee/kormendytrott</a></p><p><br></p><p>Instagram:</p><p><a href="https://instagram.com/kormendytrott" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://instagram.com/kormendytrott</a></p><p><br></p><p>YouTube:</p><p><a href="https://youtube.com/kormendytrott" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://youtube.com/kormendytrott</a></p><p><br></p><p>Facebook:</p><p><a href="https://facebook.com/kormendytrott" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://facebook.com/kor