How-Tos

Become an OpenHomeVue master

Research›

Walkthroughs and Master Tips on how to use OpenHomeVue to surface research insights for the homes you like: save and update homes and listings, read the insights, explore the map, and plan tour days. Pick a walkthrough to get started and become an OpenHomeVue master.

Take Notes

Take notes in OpenHomeVue on any home you're researching: general notes, Contextual Notes pinned to a Key Considerations card or school, photo notes, and notes that travel with a school across every home in its zone.

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See on the Map What the Listing Leaves Out

Turn on OpenHomeVue's risk overlays on the Mobile App or Web App to see flood zones, fire hazard severity, power lines, and more directly on the map, jump straight from a flagged Key Consideration card, stack multiple risks, and measure the real distance.

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Refresh a Home from Its Listing

Keep saved homes current in OpenHomeVue: refresh one listing from the Mobile App or Web App to pull the latest price, status, photos, and open houses, read the What's changed summary, or update your whole Watch List in one pass.

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Read the Key Considerations Cards

Read the Key Considerations on every home you save in OpenHomeVue: an attention-signal tally plus twenty color-coded cards covering flood, fire, and seismic zones, nearby power lines, pipelines, Superfund and landfill sites, the street and lot, flip and relisting history, and neighborhood safety.

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Plan a Tour Day

Plan a home tour day in OpenHomeVue: create a trip or add Watch List favorites to one, drag the stops into driving order, share the plan with everyone coming along, and hand the whole route to Apple Maps or Google Maps with multi-stop directions.

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Save a Home to OpenHomeVue

Save a home to OpenHomeVue from your phone or computer: share it from a listing app, paste the listing link, or type the address. Every save gets 20 key considerations of due diligence research, school and neighborhood insights, and a place in your organized home-buying journey.

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Organize›

As your saved homes add up, keep the search working for you: put your energy into the homes you love and move them forward, ease off the ones you don't, and never lose sight of where each one stands. It is your home-buying journey with full visibility, full control, and no blind spots. Pick a walkthrough to get started and become an OpenHomeVue master.

Rate Homes and Watch Your Journey Come Alive

Favorite and rate the homes you save in OpenHomeVue: mark keepers with a heart, set a Loving, Maybe, or Pass impression, and watch your ratings funnel your Watch List and bring your home-buying journey to life on the Mobile App and Web App.

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View and Edit Your Journey Board (Web App only)

Read the OpenHomeVue Web App's Journey Board: four columns from Watching to Offer Made, how your Favorite and Impression ratings sort homes onto it automatically, and how to drag a card to move it yourself.

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