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I enjoy taking pictures of both historic homes and newer neighborhoods in my area to post on public relocation blogs to help people who are interested in relocating learn more about my home town. It is just a hobby of mine that I enjoy, but I have always wondered if there would ever be a way to make a little extra cash doing something like this part time. I am not a RE agent or a professional photographer. Just a guy who enjoys taking pictures. Today I came across this ad for a part time "as needed" position as a freelance photographer for a person claiming to be an out of town real estate appraiser. I have included the ad below.
I am just curious if you RE professionals on this forum have heard of such freelance photography jobs before and if your gut feeling is that this is a legit ad. I have never heard of a situation before where and "out of town appraiser" would need to hire somebody to take pictures of houses. If they are an appraiser, wouldn't they just take the pics when they visit the property to appraise it? Why would they need to pay somebody else to do it?
I am very cautious of things I read online, but this seems like exactly what I was looking for so I am intrigued.
Any input would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Here is the ad I came across:
Take digital photos of Real Estate Properties and Earn $35.00 each time!
Out of town real estate appraiser needs reliable/dependable person to take interior and exterior photos of properties in Raleigh area.
Requirements: You must have your own digital camera with at least 2.1 megapixels
For each property, you will take 4 exterior photos
1-front view of the property
2 & 3 - photos of property to the left and right of the subject property
4-street view - photo of street where the property is located.
An appointment will be made to view the interior of the property.
You will take the following photos:
A photo of each room in the house. In the kitchen take multiple photos so that we could have a view of the kitchen cabinets – appliances – and flooring, in the bathrooms photos will be required of all fixtures, bathtub or shower, additionally if there is any damage to the property photos should be taken of this.
All photos should be taken in landscape format – not vertical.
You will be paid $35.00 per property.
After taking the photos you will email them to us and payment will be sent immediately by Paypal or check (your choice).
This will be in an 'as needed basis' and is not an offer of full time or part time employment.
If you are interested you must submit an email with the following information:
1. Contact Information, including email address and phone number.
2. Type of camera.
3. How much notice do you need to take photos of properties?
It can be legit, depending on the type of appraisal. However, this sounds more like an ad from a company named Zaio that sells "zones" for $9,000 a pop.
I enjoy taking pictures of both historic homes and newer neighborhoods in my area to post on public relocation blogs to help people who are interested in relocating learn more about my home town. It is just a hobby of mine that I enjoy, but I have always wondered if there would ever be a way to make a little extra cash doing something like this part time. I am not a RE agent or a professional photographer. Just a guy who enjoys taking pictures. Today I came across this ad for a part time "as needed" position as a freelance photographer for a person claiming to be an out of town real estate appraiser. I have included the ad below.
I am just curious if you RE professionals on this forum have heard of such freelance photography jobs before and if your gut feeling is that this is a legit ad. I have never heard of a situation before where and "out of town appraiser" would need to hire somebody to take pictures of houses. If they are an appraiser, wouldn't they just take the pics when they visit the property to appraise it? Why would they need to pay somebody else to do it?
I am very cautious of things I read online, but this seems like exactly what I was looking for so I am intrigued.
Any input would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Here is the ad I came across:
Take digital photos of Real Estate Properties and Earn $35.00 each time!
Out of town real estate appraiser needs reliable/dependable person to take interior and exterior photos of properties in Raleigh area.
Requirements: You must have your own digital camera with at least 2.1 megapixels
For each property, you will take 4 exterior photos 1-front view of the property 2 & 3 - photos of property to the left and right of the subject property 4-street view - photo of street where the property is located.
An appointment will be made to view the interior of the property.
You will take the following photos: A photo of each room in the house. In the kitchen take multiple photos so that we could have a view of the kitchen cabinets – appliances – and flooring, in the bathrooms photos will be required of all fixtures, bathtub or shower, additionally if there is any damage to the property photos should be taken of this.
All photos should be taken in landscape format – not vertical. You will be paid $35.00 per property.
After taking the photos you will email them to us and payment will be sent immediately by Paypal or check (your choice).
This will be in an 'as needed basis' and is not an offer of full time or part time employment.
If you are interested you must submit an email with the following information: 1. Contact Information, including email address and phone number. 2. Type of camera. 3. How much notice do you need to take photos of properties?
Zaio wouldn't have interior photos though - and why would the owners let someone in if they weren't expecting an appraiser? It sounds like a lazy appraiser, like 2bindenver said above. In this market, I would think appraisers would want as much work as they can get!
I am just curious if you RE professionals on this forum have heard of such freelance photography jobs before and if your gut feeling is that this is a legit ad. I have never heard of a situation before where and "out of town appraiser" would need to hire somebody to take pictures of houses. If they are an appraiser, wouldn't they just take the pics when they visit the property to appraise it? Why would they need to pay somebody else to do it?
I am very cautious of things I read online, but this seems like exactly what I was looking for so I am intrigued.
Any input would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
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I agree that it probably sounds legit, as long as they don't ask you to put up any money yourself. It might be a company similar to this Axiom Realty Capital that is a professional real estate buying company (facilitates property flipping), where the buyers are out of state or international.
Although $35 per property seems pretty low, unless you can hit 4 - 5 properties in a particular area at once.
Sounds somewhat legit although I've never heard of such a thing. I wouldn't run up too large a tab w/o being paid though as some BPO companies don't pay.
How can they hire people who are not bonded, licensed or insured to go inside people's homes? This is a really scary way to do business. REALLY scary,.
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