Life in the neighborhood of Hollywood turns into a very unexpected benefits. For example, you can rent your apartment for rent.
According to Business Insider, property owners can earn in this way several thousand dollars a day. The record belongs to the owner of one of the houses in which the reality show "Kardashian Family" was shot: for one shooting day he received from the producers of the program $ 36 thousand.
Most often, Hollywood companies choose the most ordinary, "average" homes that can be seen in any American city. But mansions in fashionable areas like Malibu or Beverly Hills are in demand - there are rich characters in many scenarios.
Residents of Los Angeles especially like to rent out houses for sale - it is believed that this increases their attractiveness in the real estate market. Realtors willingly show potential buyers photos from the shooting, and also tell how much money they bring to the owners of the house. Indeed, for many buyers the possibility of additional income becomes a decisive argument.
Over the past 5 years, the number of filming in private homes has increased by 10%, but even more has increased the number of people wishing to rent their property - residents of Los Angeles have ransacked easy money. As a result, many homeowners no longer rely on their own resources and seek help from agencies that help film and television studios find suitable locations. The commission of such intermediaries can reach 30%, but the agencies take on the most important thing - the search for clients and negotiations with them.
However, this role of agents is not limited. They are located next to the owners of the houses throughout the time they go shooting, helping to resolve emerging controversial situations, controlling payment, and even interacting with insurance companies, if necessary.
The popularity of such a business has even led to the emergence of a kind of "Hollywood Airbnb". Like the "big" Airbnb, the Wrapal start-up has an ambitious goal to exclude agents from the rental process: property owners can directly post on the company's website all the information the producers need, including prices and free dates.
Despite the fact that Wrapal was founded just a year ago, the site of the company has already placed 1,2 thousand locations in California and New York - the economy of joint consumption has come to Hollywood.