anyone shoot videos for realtors?

[JonathanLB]

Everyone should be careful when they charge a ridiculously low rate to do work that involves a lot of time and effort. I have done this type of work before and was unable to continue it because a lot of videographers were charging hardly anything just to get the job. If we all undercut each other by not charging what the job is worth we lower the bar and make it harder for all of us to make a decent living.

This happens constantly, in my opinion. When you have people out there who can do work for cheaper it's tougher to get the quality work. We were trying to do music videos for unsigned bands, we just wanted to start in the Persian market with various musicians, they still pay more than Americans, but nobody seems to have more than $2,000 and we can't make a music video anywhere close to that cheap. Not with professional standards, at least. I've seen guys on Craigslist who say they'll shoot and edit a music video for $200!

 

[NewYorkLion]

When the market was going better, I used to shoot a fair amount of real estate vids. Pretty much only on high end houses though. usually over 2 mil, but occasionally I've even done condos going in the 3-400k range, which here in SF is super cheap. I charge $1000 for a half day shoot and a half day edit.