Hi folk,We are looking for a photographer in Philly to take professional pictures of our properties.Any recommendation?

You are right about the last part...we certainly don't want to manage properties, whether we are good at it or not.It's nice to see another large corporate banking/asset based lending veteran of 20+ years on here.

but am now looking for some advice from RE veterans on the Columbus market.

What costs are involved i.e. professional photographer that specializes in homes, flyers, yard sign, advertisement.How available are you to show your home?

From what I could tell, most people were veterans and bidding on behalf of someone else. 

I shopped around and was able to get a rough quote from Matterport - a company that connects you with a local photographer/videographer who will come in for about $200-$330 if the unit is between ~1000-2000 sq ft.

Unfortunately our water bill is about $300/month and $260-ish is just the base cost.I hope this helps and hey, Happy Veterans Day!

Things like being a veteran etc.

I tracked down the commercial property that he abandoned, photographed it, then got a property profile from a title company.Here are some numbers:The gentlemen bought the property in 1988 for $160,000It currently has a tax value of: $825,553, so my guesstimation of its real value is around $900,000 - $1,000,000 +It shows one mortgage at $125,000The zoning is C2It's about 65,000 square feet (1.49 acres)Here is my plan of attack:Talk to my private investor, and get a signed referral memorandum ensuring a finders fee PRIOR to me discussing anything about the property.Hand the deal over to my private investor and let them hammer out the deal.Only when all the numbers have been worked out will we discuss my finders feeAdd my referral memorandum into escrow as demand for paymentThis would be my first deal, so I feel it would be better for me get my finders fee and then watch it from the sidelines- while learning of course!

Nothing like an inefficient market to allow the veterans to have fun!