@joanna81 wrote:
I've felt the same way about a lot of their emails - $7-10 and requires the background check and certification, but I have gotten some gems. Had one that was a closed fast food restaurant that needed about 11 pics for $35 and got paid in 2-3 days.
@shopnyc wrote:
Their property inspections have always intrigued me, but I stayed away from doing them, as I was a bit scared to do actual inspections where you have to go inside a place. At the end of last year, I saw that they also have Property Photo Audits where I live now - you have to take a bunch of pictures of all sides of a property without stepping foot on it - so I grabbed one. Super easy. I did another one earlier this year. On both of them, I got the bonuses I asked for - one bonus was for $40 and the other $50. I like doing those. If you see them where you live, I recommend trying them.
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@Livsmarbs wrote:
Did you ask for a bonus flat out first? I quit following them because the pay was so dismal, it was insulting.
I just replied to one of their notifications about the assignment and said, "I can do it on [date] with $50 PAD. Please let me know." And I was approved.@Livsmarbs wrote:
Did you ask for a bonus flat out first? I quit following them because the pay was so dismal, it was insulting.
@Livsmarbs wrote:
Agreed. Anyone else just flat out asked them for more pay for an unassigned job?
@shopnyc wrote:
Their property inspections have always intrigued me, but I stayed away from doing them, as I was a bit scared to do actual inspections where you have to go inside a place. At the end of last year, I saw that they also have Property Photo Audits where I live now - you have to take a bunch of pictures of all sides of a property without stepping foot on it - so I grabbed one. Super easy. I did another one earlier this year. On both of them, I got the bonuses I asked for - one bonus was for $40 and the other $50. I like doing those. If you see them where you live, I recommend trying them.
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@sueac101 wrote:
@shopnyc wrote:
Their property inspections have always intrigued me, but I stayed away from doing them, as I was a bit scared to do actual inspections where you have to go inside a place. At the end of last year, I saw that they also have Property Photo Audits where I live now - you have to take a bunch of pictures of all sides of a property without stepping foot on it - so I grabbed one. Super easy. I did another one earlier this year. On both of them, I got the bonuses I asked for - one bonus was for $40 and the other $50. I like doing those. If you see them where you live, I recommend trying them.
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On home property inspections they never ask you to go inside, as you only take pics of the outside. The only inspections you have to go inslde for is usually a fast food resturant as they want pics of inside and outside.
Also all the business inspections that I have done over the years, it is only the outside and the parking areas.
@Datagirl wrote:
@sueac101 wrote:
@shopnyc wrote:
Their property inspections have always intrigued me, but I stayed away from doing them, as I was a bit scared to do actual inspections where you have to go inside a place. At the end of last year, I saw that they also have Property Photo Audits where I live now - you have to take a bunch of pictures of all sides of a property without stepping foot on it - so I grabbed one. Super easy. I did another one earlier this year. On both of them, I got the bonuses I asked for - one bonus was for $40 and the other $50. I like doing those. If you see them where you live, I recommend trying them.
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On home property inspections they never ask you to go inside, as you only take pics of the outside. The only inspections you have to go inslde for is usually a fast food resturant as they want pics of inside and outside.
Also all the business inspections that I have done over the years, it is only the outside and the parking areas.
This one I did yesterday was difficult because I could not get a good shot of the one side of the house from the street. There were definitely people living there so stepping on to the property and in front of the trees would have been the only way to really get that corner shot they want. I pretty much went to the edge and crawled few a few bushes to get a picture but I am not sure if they are going to accept it because it did not show the full front view of the house along with the side. I put a long note in there about it and I emailed the scheduler today. I am not sure if it would have been appropriate to walk onto the property and I certainly was not comfortable doing that. If it had been clearly vacant, then sure but not the case here.
@luckygirl0100 wrote:
@Datagirl wrote:
@sueac101 wrote:
@shopnyc wrote:
Their property inspections have always intrigued me, but I stayed away from doing them, as I was a bit scared to do actual inspections where you have to go inside a place. At the end of last year, I saw that they also have Property Photo Audits where I live now - you have to take a bunch of pictures of all sides of a property without stepping foot on it - so I grabbed one. Super easy. I did another one earlier this year. On both of them, I got the bonuses I asked for - one bonus was for $40 and the other $50. I like doing those. If you see them where you live, I recommend trying them.
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On home property inspections they never ask you to go inside, as you only take pics of the outside. The only inspections you have to go inslde for is usually a fast food resturant as they want pics of inside and outside.
Also all the business inspections that I have done over the years, it is only the outside and the parking areas.
This one I did yesterday was difficult because I could not get a good shot of the one side of the house from the street. There were definitely people living there so stepping on to the property and in front of the trees would have been the only way to really get that corner shot they want. I pretty much went to the edge and crawled few a few bushes to get a picture but I am not sure if they are going to accept it because it did not show the full front view of the house along with the side. I put a long note in there about it and I emailed the scheduler today. I am not sure if it would have been appropriate to walk onto the property and I certainly was not comfortable doing that. If it had been clearly vacant, then sure but not the case here.
Knock on door...
I really like the way you have your yard landscaped/ the brick you used/ the color of the siding/ etc
Do you mind if I take a few pics? I just purchased a fixer upper house and want to do show this to my contractor.
That is not the case everywhere. Where I live now, Trendsource has what they call Comprehensive Exterior and Interior Inspections, which require photos of the inside and outside, as well as taking measurements of the exterior walls. In Google Street View, some look like abandoned commercial properties, but I suppose one has to meet someone to gain access. Those do pay more, but the idea of entering a building with who-knows-what inside just creeps me out.@sueac101 wrote:
On home property inspections they never ask you to go inside, as you only take pics of the outside. The only inspections you have to go inslde for is usually a fast food resturant as they want pics of inside and outside. Also all the business inspections that I have done over the years, it is only the outside and the parking areas.
The instructions on these explicitly state not to step foot on the property, nor to alert anyone to what you're doing. They do give you a LOA in case you are confronted, and if the property owner or tenant says to go away, you go away. So, if you can't take a photo of a certain view, you just do the best you can. One place I did had the right side of its building abutted against a hill. So I just took it from the furthest vantage point I could. Otherwise, I would be up on the hill looking down on it. They seem pretty understanding that some properties won't be accessible from all sides.@luckygirl0100 wrote:
Knock on door...
I really like the way you have your yard landscaped/ the brick you used/ the color of the siding/ etc
Do you mind if I take a few pics? I just purchased a fixer upper house and want to do show this to my contractor.
@shopnyc wrote:
The instructions on these explicitly state not to step foot on the property, nor to alert anyone to what you're doing. They do give you a LOA in case you are confronted, and if the property owner or tenant says to go away, you go away. So, if you can't take a photo of a certain view, you just do the best you can. One place I did had the right side of its building abutted against a hill. So I just took it from the furthest vantage point I could. Otherwise, I would be up on the hill looking down on it. They seem pretty understanding that some properties won't be accessible from all sides.@luckygirl0100 wrote:
Knock on door...
I really like the way you have your yard landscaped/ the brick you used/ the color of the siding/ etc
Do you mind if I take a few pics? I just purchased a fixer upper house and want to do show this to my contractor.
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The two I did were for a major bank chain, because the property owners had applied for financing. The bank wanted to see the condition of the buildings, parking lots, and landscaping.@joanna81 wrote:
These photos might be for realtors or companies that auction things like foreclosure properties. I get emails from a real estate auction site and the pics they show seem similar to the pics the msc wants.
@Livsmarbs wrote:
Agreed. Anyone else just flat out asked them for more pay for an unassigned job?