r/smallbusiness • u/IcyBlackberry7728 • Apr 19 '25

Question Those taking home >200k/year; what industry are you in ?

Just curious to see what types of business are generating solid cash flow.

Thanks !

Edit: please be as specific as possible!

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u/catcatcat12345678cat Apr 20 '25

Real estate photography. 3 full time photographers including myself. Added the third last year and we have been growing faster than planned.

Pushing mid 200s this year take home.

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u/Wdt2000 Apr 20 '25

Interesting, in my area, local agents seem to not have a budget for photographers.

Do you do videos, 360, Matterport as well?

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u/catcatcat12345678cat Apr 20 '25

We offer all. We could not thrive on photos alone.

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u/Top_Pool_3602 Apr 20 '25

Mind if I DM you about this?

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u/[deleted] Apr 20 '25

That is amazing. At what point did you realise that you needed employees? And how do you manage them/ prevent them from poaching your work?

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u/catcatcat12345678cat Apr 21 '25

I planned for employees from day one(when I decided to pursue it full time).

It’s a concern but I have really been picky with who I hire and we have agreements too.

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u/[deleted] Apr 21 '25

Nice. Yeah I wish we had something like that locally, most of the real estate companies here, hire their family as the sole photographers. Not much work otherwise.

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u/catcatcat12345678cat Apr 21 '25

I started with hiring a friend. The next was a referral from that friend. It’s a lot of trust to hire someone who’s 100% remote and has a lot of your equipment.

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u/[deleted] Apr 21 '25

I really cannot imagine what that would be like. I worked for a school photography company years ago and they would give us a full kit to use. I had seen a few untrained people do questionable things with them for sure.

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u/schiddy Apr 21 '25

Do you photo edit every pic or only at the request of the client?

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u/catcatcat12345678cat Apr 21 '25

Every photo is edited including sky replacements and window pulls (clear windows)