Side hustles
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Been thinking about getting a pro drone ($1200) and a motorized camera dolly that also rotates ($300), and starting a small side hustle for creating pictures and videos for people looking to sell their homes (or real estate folks) within the semi-local area. Create a website for it, Google SEO shit, Yelp, etc.
Basically just take videos of their homes where you can have a 3D panorama video or a room, or house fly-by, shots from above etc. Have like set fees for each type of video or photo.
I know there's folks that already do this, but I'd undercut them by a shit ton. It's easy work and I could teach someone else to go and do it for me too. People sell their homes and create websites or Facebook pages for their houses for sale non-stop. I'd imagine there'd be a huge market for this.
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- don't undercut, just create a better product for the same price, you have an advantage because you're a designerGuyFawkes
- Good luck. There are BILLIONS doing this and they've driven the prices down to pennies.formed
- We have drones and cameras, but the bottom feeding market, which is selling homes, is so over-saturated.formed
- if you undercut, in the end your working twice as much, don't let those tacky boomers winGuyFawkes
- That said, if you can compete with full-production video houses (think at lot higher end than a $1200 drone, which is like lower-midrange), then you could do itformed
- ^ Perhaps globally but near me (Philly burbs), there ain't shit.fyoucher1
- I'm talking mom and pops selling single family homes, not big metro apps or corporate buildings.fyoucher1
- That's not a side hustle at allcanoe
- ^ Well, I'd set it up, and have someone else do it for me. Won't make a ton, but it's easy loot. Something I'd work on weekends.fyoucher1
- My Brother in Law did exactly this business. It's a grind. Realtors will swap to whoever is cheapest - very little loyalty. I think he was trying to charge $250mathinc
- per house. And then there were still guys who entered his area and undercut him. You have to arrange with the realtors to visit, logistics up the ass.mathinc
- Then edit the shots, deliver via Dropbox, most of the realtors have no idea how to use DB. Also, add a Matterport camera for 3D. $$$mathinc
- Honestly you're probably better off making a clever product where you can use your branding skills or something.mathinc
- ^ grrr, thanx for the insight mathinc.fyoucher1
- A side hustle would be if you bought the equipment did something for yourself and then promoted it - like a topic-specific vlogcanoe
- You're talking about having to set up a huge site, get all the gigs to build a service portfolio, integrate SEO, go to realtor events, just the marketing alonecanoe
- is a huge undertaking. Now if you specialized in doing ONLY commercial buildings or manufacturing, etc, then you'll slim down the work and possibly charge morecanoe
- do weddings.shapesalad
- dont forget you need license to drone in CanadaBennn
- A buddy of mine prints, cuts and wraps cheapish cigars for birth announcements. It’s his only job and he only sells on Etsy. I have no clue how much he makes.misterhow
- Link up with a realtorrobotron3k
- Like mathinc said, it’s a grind and the agents will always use the cheapest. 250 is max in my town. (Friend of mine is an agent, she tried to get me to do it)Gnash
- But the numbers sucked and it’s basically a ft job, not a side hustleGnash
- What matinc said. Ive had many property clients and they switch 360/photo suppliers on a whim. The clued up ones will just take it on in-house.microkorg
- (i worked for company that built their sites and did marketing material for them btw, not doing their shots)microkorg