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I hold a paper position on a rural parcel, roughly 240 acres, and the borrower has stopped responding. I need to know what's physically out there before I decide anything, and I c…
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I've been charging $250 flat for what I call the standard aerial: 8 to 10 edited stills plus a 60 second clip cut to music, delivered next day. Agents keep asking me to fold it in…
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Getting quotes for a service business I'm building around listing media, and one pilot broke his price into $400 for the flight and $250 for editing. The flight I understand, he d…
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One of my two shooters passed the Part 107 knowledge test and is now telling me the business also has to register something before we can bill for aerials. I thought the certifica…
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I'm putting the marketing and documentation budget together on a six-story build, 14 months of construction. Pilot quoted $650 per visit for a monthly progress flight plus a $1,20…
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Mid renovation on a 1920s two story, roof came off the back addition, and I've been flying a $700 drone over it twice a week so I have a record of the framing and the flashing det…
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Buying an 18 acre parcel and the seller's marketing had a drone video plus about a dozen aerials, and the listing agent mentioned the seller paid $600 for it. The video is genuine…
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The aerial photographer's agreement in front of me says he retains copyright and grants me a license to use the images "for the duration of the listing." I'm the seller paying the…
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Looking at a subdivision deal as a limited partner and the marketing budget has one line reading "aerial package, $4,500." Everything else in that budget is itemized down to sign…
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I look at loans more than listings, and something came up on a file that I don't understand. The marketing package on a rural property included aerial video and the broker treated…
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Getting my first rental listed and the photographer's quote is $325 for the interior and exterior package, then a $150 line for drone. The house is a 1950s three bedroom on about…
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I'm studying for the Part 107 while I finish my license paperwork, and I've been pricing drones. Every list I find stops at the aircraft, which reads like the smallest part of it.…