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We start with a narrated video tour and stills of the subject property.

To this day I still kick myself for letting all those happy customers walk right out the door without getting a video from them sharing their experience with my company! 

@Louise Courville - The economics aren't correct in this video.

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@Brandon Turner I found an old post that you did a while back, but the video had been removed, so I just searched SNL and the title of the skit that was still available in the old link.Thanks for the pro upgrade!

Cameras that will record to the cloud - i.e. actual recording stored somewhere physically separate from the premises will capture video even if the camera itself is stolen.

One of my strategies is to look at YouTube videos of tradespeople doing their work, especially the ones where they are teaching other tradespeople how to do the job.

The plan is to have a more formal account of what I am doing here in future episodes.This is the link to the video.

Communicate often and ask for pictures and video at each stage of rehab.12.