Should i subscribe to this service?
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Should i subscribe to this service?
I got a call from the guy at "insurancephoto" who offered me to subscribe to their photo by email program. All i have to do is to send them the address of the property, anywhere in california and they will email me 5 high quality pictures of this property. The cost is $15 for 5 pictures or $80 per month with unlimited requests. Should i do it?
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Always be wary of someone else taking photo's for you. Back in the 80's I was an underwriter for a prefered company and my territory was a state on the other side of the country. At that time the company used the services of Equifax to obtain photos & surveys of property. Reputable company.... We began to discover that a lot of the photos were of the same properties.... There just isn't a better substitute for the agents own eyes.
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I checked out Globexplorer.com and it looks like a fee service. Unless the photos are better than all the other satellite photos I've seen I know of a great free service.
Check out http://terraserver.microsoft.com/ Lots of images, good resolution on most.
I checked out Globexplorer.com and it looks like a fee service. Unless the photos are better than all the other satellite photos I've seen I know of a great free service.
Check out http://terraserver.microsoft.com/ Lots of images, good resolution on most.
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I get a spam email every month or so from a company called Fastsnap (http://www.fastsnap.com).
They are a network of photographers that take pictures at what appears to be a reasonable price. They are growing, but I don't know what areas they service right now.
I think the satellite photo options wouldn't be very helpful because most of them aren't very current.
The fastsnap program sounds similar to the insurancephoto program. If you pay per order, you can't go wrong if you try it out.
I've never used this service, so I'm not necessarily recommending it, just passing along the info.
They are a network of photographers that take pictures at what appears to be a reasonable price. They are growing, but I don't know what areas they service right now.
I think the satellite photo options wouldn't be very helpful because most of them aren't very current.
The fastsnap program sounds similar to the insurancephoto program. If you pay per order, you can't go wrong if you try it out.
I've never used this service, so I'm not necessarily recommending it, just passing along the info.
I have used FastSnap many times. It saves me the time and trouble of traveling across Los Angeles for photos, a trip that could take 1 to 3 hours. My time is worth more than the $15 I pay them for a set of photos. You can fins coverage areas and costs directly from their web site http://www.fastsnap.com
Its worth a try.
Its worth a try.