Grow With Rach and Neal

Episode #22-Retirement it's up to you.. You fought tooth and nail to make a profitable business.. Now the fight begins for retirement.  In this Episode Rachael and Neal shoot the shit about what they are planning  for their retirement and how they hope to get there.  This episode should be a prime for the old noggin pump to start thinking for the future. Retirement is coming.  It's all u...

Episode #21 PMRE 2022 This Episode is all about PMRE 2022 Rachael was lucky enough to attend and came back with highlights and interviews from so many great moments and professions from the conference.  If you were curious what it's like you will get the inside scoop in this episode.  Special thanks to so many great folks for allowing Rachael to chat with them for this episode of Shooting the...

Episode #20 Horror Stories! For this one we  even called out to our listeners for their most terrible or horrifying day on the job. You may find the next hour to be frightening or stomach turning ...you have been forewarned!  Dim the lights, grab some snacks and  get ready for some gut wrenching, nail biting, terrifying or plain old embarrassing tales of real estate photographers. This is bound to...

Episode #19 Portraits as a Side Gig The demand for lifestyle portraits in the real estate industry is growing since the success of Social Media Marketing for Realtors. If agents want to stay present in their clients mind they need to be posting their face on social media as often as possible. This means there is demand for hight quality content for the agents we work with.  Since Real Estate Photo...

Episode #18 “Me Time:” This biz will eat you up and all  your time if you let it.  So make sure you get some "Me Time,"  ASAP! So many times we bend  to make our clients happy, at the expense of our time. Its often the nature of business. Our private time or "Me Time," slowly dissolves  when we: Answer calls all hours due to fear of missing out Reply to Emails at all hours Allo...

To Stage or Not to Stage, that is the question!  Virtual Staging can save the day in a pinch.  It can also make you more money without any additional work in the field.  Why should you virtually stage a home?  Well for one things it's a great new service to offer your clients  and make more money doing it! So give yourself a raise by offering virtual staging.; Sound good? Here is what we are...

HD Photo Hub - Oh my goodness, this system has so many ways to save you and your clients time! In fact it will take us an hour just covering the basics. -Schedule Your Team -Make residual income!! -House all your agents media in one place -Eliminate chasing customers down to pay overdue invoices -Make you look good -Help your get organized for when you eventually hire an admin should you need to -...

Use "Yes, And," now in your biz to help keep conversations going and encourage creative thinking. Have you ever seen Actors doing those ridiculous acting warm-ups preparing to go on set? Well Neal is no stranger to these techniques since he was an actor and improv comedy performer in LA for 10 years.  Neal Studied Improv and  Sketch comedy at ACME Comedy and The Groundlings Theater in LA...

There is a reason we titled the Podcast "Shooting the Shit." Its because Rachael and I go on some random Mid or Post podcast tangents.. Many times these tangents are very long and need to be cut out for the sake of time. They are often pretty entertaining so we thought we might share one of those with you today. Here is our Bonus Episode "Farm Animals." This episode is perfect...

In this Episode Neal  Asks Rachel for some advice  about expanding your business reach and services once you are getting traction with your current clients and offerings.  Questions conversed include: Biggest turning point for your business. Would you recommend expanding territory or  adding additional services like drone floor plan, video  or matterport first? Tell us about Matterport via Theta z...

Need More $$? Need More Time?? There may come a time where hiring a shooter makes sense. If you are looking to grow or lighten your workload to open up time to focus on other things...At some point hiring a shooter may just be the right way to go.  In this episode we walk you through the ins and outs of hiring your first shooter. Here are the main points we chat about in this episode of shooting t...

Episode 12 info STS with Jordan Powers If you had to start your business all over from scratch, today, what would you do.  In this episode we have Jordan Powers to help answer this question.  Jordan is well known for his YouTube video "Shooting a home in 20 min." He is an established Real Estate and Architectural photographer whom has had to start his business all over from scratch in fa...

How should a home be prepped for Photo day? If you have been wondering about this as well, you’re gonna love this podcast! This Podcast is all about the Deets!!! From TP to Folding the Hot Dog way(you heard right!) We go way in depth about all things Prep for Photo Day.  This info will help guide you, your agents as well as the  homeowners to properly  prep the home so the professionals (us 😆) ca...

What is a week like for Rachael and Neal?  In this episode we wrapped up an eventful week for Neal and Rachael. Launching a Rebranding, training new hires and  dealing with neighbors who became hostile. This week was one for the books!  We are betting that  you can  all relate to many of the events of this week. We hope you will gain some insight and have a few laughs....so here we go!!

Considering Going Full time? Wondering, plotting and planning to do so?  Need some help, advice or real world stories to motivate you?  Hear exactly what it took for Rachael and Neal to go full time. This is a big one!!!!!! What’s inside? Should I keep a part time Job? "Crawl walk run,  or just or Dive in? Your Budget Consider Additional Less Seasonal Services: Portraits? Who is relying on yo...

Having goals is one thing, but actually getting there is a whole other story… We should know, we’ve been in your shoes! 👟 Before we nailed down our ways of getting to the other side of the goal-achieving road, we were stuck in the “what-ifs” 😨 Now, we follow easy steps to chase + achieve the goals we only ever dreamed of attaining! 

In this Episode Neal  Asks Rachel for some advice to help transition from a single photographer owner business to a multi photographer business. She's a Boss and Neal figured why not Ask a Boss. We hope this will be a reoccurring theme moving forward. Have questions of your own? DM us on social media:https://www.instagram.com/shooting_the_shit_rachandneal/

What's In your glass? More importantly is it half full ? Time to pass along another round of Shooting the Shit where Rachael and Neal discuss keeping it positive when things start to go south. We all have those days where the light at the end of the tunnel gets pretty hard to see. Here are some thoughts and tips to help keep your glass half full....heck lets let it runneth over!

In this episode we discuss the ins and outs of outsourcing... aka sending your work out to be edited. Outsourcing is sometimes thought of as a dirty word, but for both Rachael and Neal it’s been a blessing! It can be a life saver but like most things there are some positives and negatives.  In this episode we chat about the pitfalls to avoid,  how to talk about outsourcing to your clients in a  po...

Waste Of Money/Worth Every Penny: Gear Gear Gear and More Gear, What is worth Every Penny and what was a Waste of Money for Rachael and  Neal? In this episode Rachael and Neal talk about the gear they use and love as well as the gear they wish they had not wasted their money on.  Gear links Adorama/amazon: Sony a7iii: https://www.adorama.com/isoa7m3.html Tamron 28-75: https://www.adorama.com/tm287...

In this knowledge packed episode we dive into how powerful social media really can be for a business. Its not as hard as people think. You’ll hear about Rachaels social media strategy and how its worked for her over the past few years. 

Oh do we have some stories to tell about Drones! Drones, Drones, Drones. This one is all about Drone Crashes, Close Calls and the ones that got away! This should be fun!

On this very first episode of Shooting the Shit, learn all about Rachael and Neal, two driven entrepreneurs, one a stay at home Mom and one a waiter for 20 years. We will dive into how they ended up as full time real estate photographers hosting a podcast from opposite coasts. This engaging episode will take you through an outline of the podcast, touching on all kinds of subjects surrounding real...