In general, the big steps are:Run the comparable properties near you to see what the market rents areSpend a little money on some good photos from a company like Virtuance or another real estate photography group.

Yes good professional photography is imperative.

A < 4* listing.The photography was top notch and the description was good. 

I'm new to the investing scene, but I run a real estate photography company and shoot for a majority of the agents in the city.

I'm branching of on my own with a rental while they go snowboard, I do a lot of traveling photography so I want to search for properties while photographing the Colorado Springs area or any other area someone would suggest to take a look at.

Currently I am finishing up my BA at UPenn and I work at Wharton in Marketing along with doing wedding photography on the side.

I enjoy quality photography.

I have done professional photography early in my career (wedding photography and video).

So to you tax pros, how about this situation:CA is the location of sampleHusband and wife own/share the S Corp 50%/50%.Only one spouse is licensed, but licensed also holds a full time job elsewhere outside of real estate.All commissions are paid to the S Corp and costs of doing business (photography, marketing, office, legal, travel, auto, gas, accounting, etc) are paid from the company account.In such circumstances, are you all saying this is or is not appropriate from an IRS, legal, and tax standpoint?

So for $6K a year would you want to do all your own open houses, property showings, property photography, mls listing, phone call screening, contract writing, real estate agent banter/negation, and so on?