I have a realtor acquaintance that I have done work for in the past, a personal friend, so yes I worked cheap, local, one home, interior photos and one short video. I charged her a hundred bucks, and I know that is dirt cheap but she is a close friend of my wife.
There is a young man in the area that does great work, and is just getting started. Here is the thing, she called for me to do another shoot. I really didn’t want to do it, so I referred her to the above-mentioned person. She called back the next day and said he was too expensive, and of course the wife got involved.
I asked what he his fees were, she said $350.00. I told her that is a good deal because if she hadn’t been a friend, I would have asked for at least 450. Well you can figure the rest of the story, wife got involved and the sh____ hit the fan. Then I find out the listing wasn’t even hers, but one of the other realtors in her office.
I finally told her I wasn’t interested in doing real estate any longer and I was very busy, that was a lie, I’m not that busy. I said all this to say, don’t cut your rates to help a friend out. That is easy to say, but hard to do.
So, should I have done the shoot for her cheap as a friend or helped someone else get started?
There is a young man in the area that does great work, and is just getting started. Here is the thing, she called for me to do another shoot. I really didn’t want to do it, so I referred her to the above-mentioned person. She called back the next day and said he was too expensive, and of course the wife got involved.
I asked what he his fees were, she said $350.00. I told her that is a good deal because if she hadn’t been a friend, I would have asked for at least 450. Well you can figure the rest of the story, wife got involved and the sh____ hit the fan. Then I find out the listing wasn’t even hers, but one of the other realtors in her office.
I finally told her I wasn’t interested in doing real estate any longer and I was very busy, that was a lie, I’m not that busy. I said all this to say, don’t cut your rates to help a friend out. That is easy to say, but hard to do.
So, should I have done the shoot for her cheap as a friend or helped someone else get started?