Anna May's Blog » 2009 » December » 14 http://annamayrealestate.com Realty World - Neighbors Mon, 23 Aug 2010 07:03:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Property Wanted for TV Commercial/Film Shoots http://annamayrealestate.com/2009/12/14/houses-wanted-for-tv-commercialfilm-shoots/ http://annamayrealestate.com/2009/12/14/houses-wanted-for-tv-commercialfilm-shoots/#comments Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:52:57 +0000 Anna May /?p=77 According to film location scout Wilson Wu, the “rent” or “location fee” earned by a homeowner for a film shoot is free from federal taxation as long as you don’t have more than 14 film shoots in a  tax year. (Check with your tax advisor to see if you qualify!)

Good deal, eh? Especially in this economic time when a location fee can easily pay for a whole month’s mortgage.

I’ve assisted location scouts with residential, commercial and municipal properties in the last few years. A few examples:

The filmmaker for the indie film “Once Beautiful Past” rented a home we had on the market, Hayward City Hall made some money by renting out office space for an evening, and a vacant closed-down fast-food restaurant in south Hayward was used for a TV commercial shoot.

Are you interested in offering up your property for a film crew to use?

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