SHARE YOUR RECENT FIRST HOME BUYING OR SELLING STORY – Halifax & Toronto ($1,200 COMPENSATION)
Casting recent home buyers and home seller success stories working with their realtor (realtor will not be featured) for a branded content video documentary series for VICE. Appearance Fees: $1200 per couple/family for two-day shoot. (Submission Deadline: Sunday, February 12th by 8pm EST.)
– Candidates featured must reside in either Toronto, ON or Halifax, NS.
Candidates featured must live in either Halifax or Toronto and must be recent first time home buyers or first time home sellers.
In each 5–6-minute episode, we will feature a unique story of modern and diverse Gen Y home buyers or sellers in Halifax or Toronto.
Each of our subjects will highlight their relationship with their REALTOR and how they are helping them navigate the complexities of these major life decisions (note: individual realtor names and stories will not be featured). Through real-life storytelling, we will provide a deep dive into the real estate process, and reinforce the importance of using a REALTOR to guide them through one of the biggest decisions they’ll ever make.
– We encourage diverse couples to apply with regards to gender, ethnicity, sexuality, relationship status.
– We encourage couples diverse locations of urban/suburban and small towns if possible.
– Candidates must be sympathetic, credible and authentic.
– Diversity is VERY important, and we encourage LGBTQIA+ families.
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