Reuse sales pictures for rental ad (different agency)

Hi All

I am not sure if this has been discussed before, but here's the situation.

I've bought a property through agency A, however have plans to rent it out through agency B.

Can I reuse some/all pictures and floor plan from agency A sales listings, and then use it with agency B for rental listings?

Any risks/downsides?

 

Did you pay for the photos of the property that you purchased? (I thought not).

The copyright lies with the original photographer/surveyor and you'd need to get their consent.

 

I reckon you could if you photo shopped the originals.

 

For around $250 you can arrange your own professional photos. I did this over 5 years ago and repeatedly use the same photos in every ad for leasing. An agent also was happy to use them in a recent off market sales campaign.

My suggestion is to engage a professional once, and use a select range of photos for marketing the property for at least the next 5 years.

All tax deductible and all under your control.

nb: A professional photographer can make **** look like cream!

 

No, didn't pay for anything - let me contact the selling agent and see what they say.

 

Thanks mate. Yes good long term investment I suppose.

 

Or I could go to Airtask to have someone stripped out the brand watermark.. for $30...

 

^^^^^^^^ I like you’re thinking

 

Removing the watermark wont remove liability.

 

+1 for this as you own the pics
Not like engaging a REA who organizes a campaign and likely retains ownership

 

The branding is often left on the plans when the marketing package is prepared. It should be easy enough to contact the photographer or the guys who prepared the floorplan (usually the same mob).

They may be reluctant when they realise that it'll cut them out of further work on the place.

 

I found a photographer on airtasker who takes 6-8 pics with his fancy camera and lens then he photoshops them a bit (colour and saturation) and gives me ownership of the original high res pics for $120

 

$120 is about what it would cost to get a professional photographer.
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You can ask for permission to use the photos, even if you need to pay something to use them- assuming you like the photos.

 

Whenever we changed PM agent, the new one always said we don't want to use the photos done by the old agent so we will get our photographer to do new and much better photos for the ad. We were charged each time - ranging from $150 to $200. One time the new agent - for some reason - still used the photos by the old agent in a rental ad published in both RE and domain. So, I brought this to their attention - quite annoyed for their carelessness.

 

Getting a professional photographer in is the best way to go, as others in this thread have suggested.

Alternatively, you can take a stack of photos on your own phone and get them touched up by BoxBrownie for $2 each. Not as flash as professional photos but possibly flash enough to get the job done.

Attached is a recent photo I've had done. Verticals straightened. Photo lightened. For a little extra, they removed the soap container on the shower hob. It's not as good as a pro photographer, but it's better than just my amateur attempt and was the difference between $20 and $180.

EDIT: Added lounge room photo comparison

 

I just checked because it was a few years ago and I paid $90 at the time for a professional photographer. I've just posted the same job on airtasker an hour ago for a new IP I just renovated and found a real estate photographer who will do it for $50. I can PM his contact info if anyone is looking for this to be done in Melbourne

 

What post-production are they going to do? Barely worth getting out and about for those $$