Beethoven’s symphony No.#3 in E-Flat Major was not written to be a backdrop for a poorly produced real estate video. And would some one pleeeese tell me why so many of the horrible videos I find on YouTube are slideshows. Seriously, what is it with the slideshows? And if you are going to do a slideshow, at least have the slides of the property - I mean, who on earth is the woman in the fourth slide? Is that the realtor? If so, for goodness’ sake, go find a new photographer while you are out hiring a videographer. And advertising it as “NY $625,000 Price Drop,” kind of gives the impression the price has been dropped by that much. Which it hasn’t. Current count of YouTube videos tagged “real estate” - 31,000

Continuing my quest to find the best and worst real estate videos on the internet, I came across this one using the tag “Hous for sale,” on the basis that I should find some rubbish if I looked for a mis-spelled word or two. Bingo!

After I finished laughing at this one, I realized that this is not actually a “House for sale,” video. This is supposed to be a demo video by a company offering to make a video of your house for sale. Good grief! That’s correct. This is a demonstration of just how good a real estate video can be. I almost feel sorry enough for these people to add a link to their site. Almost.

Some real estate videos on youtube are bad enough, but this person is actually encouraging people to shoot them like this. This is almost painful to watch. The opening shot is of a car for goodness’ sake. Not really very appropriate unless the car is included in the sale. Of course, there is no soundtrack (unless you count the occasional bird chirping in the background) so I have no idea if that is supposed to be the case.

To who ever shot this video. I have one word for you:

                                                   TRIPOD

And if you can’t afford a tripod, Johnny Chung Lee will show you how to make your own steadycam for $14.

If you are interested in seeing just how good a real estate video can be, take a look at these:

Bradford Squared
Victoria House