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Content Ideas You Can Use Today to Make a Video with a Realtor®

Looking for inspiration for making a video with one of your real estate partners? Here are some quick video topic ideas we’ve created to help inspire you.

First Time Home Buyers

1. Realtor tips videos for first time home buyers
2. Why you need to have financing in place before looking
3. What being “upside down” or “house poor” means
4. What to look for when buying a new home
5. How to handle issues on the home inspection
6. How to handle a sellers market (no lowball offers, no weird requests, seeing a new listing on the first day, getting financing first)
7. What not to do when you are buying to mess up your mortgage
8. Do you need a real estate agent when buying new construction
9. How to be realistic about what features you can get with the money you have
10. Affordable housing options for first time buyers

Double Dippers

1. How to buy and sell at the same time
2. When is the best time to move up to a better home
3. When to downsize (kids move out, parents move out, job transfer)
4. When to move up (new baby, parents moving in, multigenerational housing)

Luxury Home Buyers

1. Realtor tips for luxury homebuyers….luxury buyers/sellers, move up sellers, waterfront buyers/sellers, you get the drift)
2. Process for making an offer
3. How to create a “wish list” for what you want in your new home
4. Info about features like sea walls, mountain views, etc.

General Real Estate Topics

1. What are closing costs and who pays them?
2. What is an escrow account?
3. How are contract documents signed?
4. Negotiating home repairs and warranties
5. How to handle issues on the home inspection
6. What to do about un-permitted upgrades or rooms
7. When is the best time to buy/sell a home
8. Septic tanks or sewer issues
9. Property insurance (especially if rates are higher for some reason in your area, like we all have to

About The Realtor®

1. A day in your life
2. Testimonials from your clients
3. Showing how your process works
4. How you market your listings
5. Realtor designations and how they will help with your client
6. What is a broker, single agent, transaction agent, dual agency and how it affects buyers and sellers
7. Questions your Realtor should be asking you

Local Color

1. Parks, lakes, nature walks, dog parks
2. Restaurants, bars and stores
3. Schools and government
4. Things to do in….

Fun Videos

House feature tours (not of a listing, just cool things you find in the houses you see)

1. Cute videos parody-ing popular songs with real estate terms
2. Haunted houses or weird things about your town

There you have it, some really great ideas for making a video with your real estate partners. Now get out there and start making videos!

Ginger Bell

CEO & Founder, Edumarketing

PS: Whenever you’re ready, here are 3 ways we can help you create more videos to connect with your borrowers and partners.

1. Book Your Complimentary Strategy Call to learn how to create more videos that will bring you more business - schedule a call here.

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