Tools & Technology
·14 June 2026·7 min readReal Estate Viewers, Salesforce, and Unlatch: How the Tools Fit Together
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Photo: fauxels / PexelsEach tool in your OTP stack does something different. Here's how Real Estate Viewers plugs into the systems your agency already uses — without replacing what's already working.
Most Australian off-the-plan sales teams already have at least one system in place — whether that's Salesforce mandated by head office, Unlatch required by the developer, or simply a shared spreadsheet that's held things together longer than anyone expected. The question we hear most often isn't "should we replace everything?" It's "where does Real Estate Viewers fit in what we already have?"
The short answer: it fills the gap that every other tool leaves open — the day-to-day pipeline work of knowing where each buyer is, who to call today, and what to say when you call them.
What each tool actually does
Unlatch: the EOI and contract layer
Unlatch is built for the transaction moment — the EOI submission, contract preparation, e-signature, and solicitor handoff. For developers and project marketers, it provides a centralised view of all contracts across a portfolio.
What Unlatch does exceptionally well:
- Digital EOIs and contracts — buyers submit expressions of interest and sign electronically
- Developer-side portfolio view — head office and project developers see all signed contracts in one place
- Solicitor connectivity — Unlatch connects the sales process to conveyancing workflows
- Stock status at the contract level — which units are under contract, which are available for EOI
Where the gap appears: Unlatch picks up from the EOI stage onward. A buyer who's spent three months attending open homes, getting finance approved, and comparing floor plans has had an entire relationship with your agency before they ever appear in Unlatch.
Salesforce: the enterprise data backbone
Salesforce is the world's most widely used CRM platform, and many larger property groups run their contact databases through it.
What Salesforce does well at scale:
- Central contact database — a single place to store every prospect, lead, and client across the entire organisation
- Enterprise reporting — cross-portfolio dashboards, executive reporting, and integration into broader company analytics
- Marketing automation connectivity — links to email platforms, paid media, and campaign tracking
Where the gap appears: Salesforce is designed around the B2B concept of Accounts, Contacts, and Opportunities — not around a buyer who is simultaneously managing finance approval, deciding between two floor plans, and waiting for their current lease to expire.
Real Estate Viewers: the day-to-day pipeline layer
Real Estate Viewers is built for the work that happens between the first display suite walk-in and the keys handover — the daily rhythm of knowing who's moving, who's stalled, and who needs a call today.
- Full OTP buyer pipeline — nine stages pre-built (Browsing → Comparing → Finance → Ready → Deposited → Construction → Pre-Settlement → Settled), with recommended next actions at each stage
- Buyer readiness scores — a 0–100 score updated from engagement signals
- Settlement tracker — countdown timers, urgency flags, and pre-settlement checklists for every post-deposit buyer
- Stage-matched nurture templates — 24 pre-written templates across Email, SMS, and WhatsApp
- Display suite capture mode — a mobile-optimised form for walk-ins
- Multi-project view — floor-by-floor stock grids, per-project pipeline filters, and commission tracking
How the tools work together in practice
- Real Estate Viewers handles the full buyer journey: capturing walk-ins, tracking stage progression, scoring readiness, sending nurture messages, and managing the post-deposit settlement countdown
- Unlatch handles the contract moment: when a buyer is Ready, the agent moves them to Unlatch for EOI, e-signature, and solicitor coordination.
- Salesforce remains the organisation-level contact database and reporting layer. Real Estate Viewers integrates with Salesforce so that lead source data surfaces in buyer profiles without manual data entry.
If you're running Salesforce now
Adding Real Estate Viewers to an existing Salesforce setup isn't a migration — it's an extension. The contacts your team has already built in Salesforce stay there. Real Estate Viewers adds the OTP-specific layer on top: the buyer stages, readiness scoring, and settlement tracking that Salesforce wasn't built to handle natively.
Agents who use both typically describe it this way: Salesforce tells them who they know; Real Estate Viewers tells them what to do about it today.
If you're running Unlatch now
Unlatch and Real Estate Viewers are complementary by design. Unlatch picks up from EOI forward; Real Estate Viewers covers everything before that and everything after. The integration means that when a buyer's lead source is recorded in Unlatch, it appears in their Real Estate Viewers profile automatically.
Starting small
For most agencies, the starting point is simple: add Real Estate Viewers and keep everything else running as it is. Your Salesforce contacts don't move. Your Unlatch contracts keep flowing. You gain a pipeline view your team can actually use every morning. Most agencies are fully operational within a day.
Sources
- Unlatch, Product Overview (unlatch.com.au, 2026) — feature documentation for EOI management, digital contracts, and stock management.
- Salesforce, Real Estate CRM Solutions (salesforce.com, 2026) — Salesforce product capabilities for real estate and property management use cases.
- REIA (Real Estate Institute of Australia), Technology Adoption in Australian Real Estate (2025) — CRM adoption rates and technology spend in Australian residential property agencies.
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