MerchanFilms
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Multifamily & apartment communities · California

Leasing-ready visuals for every property in your portfolio.

Drone flyovers, amenity and model-unit photography, and community video — shot to one consistent standard and delivered fast enough to drop straight into your listings and ads.

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48 hours Delivery
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FAA Part 107 certified Canon R5C cinema camera Real-estate & architectural media 48 hours standard delivery
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Built for portfolios

Made for portfolios, not just one property.

The real question isn't whether the photos look good. It's whether one person can cover every property you manage — on schedule, at the same standard. That's exactly what this is set up to do.

One point of contact

One relationship across every property

You brief one person — not a new freelancer per site. Scope, scheduling, and delivery all run through a single point of contact.

Consistent output

The same look and turnaround, everywhere

The same framing, color, and delivery standard on every property, so your marketing stays coherent across the whole portfolio.

Live communities

Scheduled around your residents

Shoots planned around occupied units, leasing-office hours, and resident privacy — access arranged in advance, disruption kept low.

Start here · Low-commitment

Prove it out on one property first.

The Amenity & Leasing Photo Refresh is a single-property session built to test the relationship before you commit the whole portfolio — the amenities and community that fill units, shot and returned fast.

  • Clubhouse, leasing office, pool & fitness center
  • One model or vacant unit, styled and lit
  • Community exterior with aerial / drone flyover
  • Edited in 48 hours, sized for listing sites, ILS & ads
$650 per property · one-time confirm price
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Services

Everything a community needs to lease and market.

Start with a single-property refresh, then scale into video, recurring updates, and a portfolio-wide relationship as the work proves out.

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Entry offer

Amenity & Leasing Photo Refresh

Clubhouse, pool, fitness center, a model unit, and the community exterior with aerial — one property, shot and delivered fast for listing sites and ads.

Starting at $650 confirm price
Aerial

Community drone flyovers

Full-property aerial photo and video that show scale, layout, and location the way ground-level shots never can.

Flown under FAA Part 107
Video

Leasing video tours

Short, walkthrough-style tours built for listing pages, ILS profiles, and paid social.

Add-on or standalone
Brand

Resident lifestyle & community video

Amenities in use, events, and everyday community life — content for your brand and social channels.

Project-based
Recurring

Seasonal refresh packages

Scheduled updates for new landscaping, renovated units, and refreshed amenities so your marketing never looks dated.

Quarterly or seasonal
Best for portfolios
Portfolio

Portfolio retainer

Ongoing coverage across every property under one relationship, one point of contact, and one consistent turnaround.

Custom · scoped to portfolio confirm pricing
How it works

Simple to run, even on an occupied community.

Four steps from first email to listing-ready gallery — with the schedule built around your residents and leasing team.

01

Scope

Pick the properties and the shot list. One point of contact handles the whole portfolio.

02

Schedule

We book around your residents, leasing-office hours, and occupied units — planned to keep disruption to a minimum.

03

Shoot

A drone flyover plus amenities, model units, and exteriors, captured in a single efficient visit.

04

Deliver

An edited, listing-ready gallery in 48 hours, sized for your ILS, website, and paid social.

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Recent work

Real estate and aerial work, front and center.

Drop your strongest community, amenity, and drone frames into the grid. Multifamily-specific work is available on request — the closest adjacent proof lives here.

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Aerial · Drone
Full-community flyover
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Exterior
Building & grounds
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Amenity
Pool & clubhouse
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Model unit
Interior & detail
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Leasing video
Walkthrough tour
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Michael Merchan · Founder
Why Merchan Films

One operator. One standard. Every property.

Merchan Films is an Orange County studio with a real-estate and architectural media background, shooting on a Canon R5C. Aerial work is flown under FAA Part 107 certification — a genuine differentiator most local photographers can't offer, and the reason your community can be shown from the air, legally and safely.

Because it's one operator rather than a rotating roster, the look and turnaround stay identical from your first property to your fiftieth.

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FAQ

The details that matter to a portfolio.

How fast is turnaround?

Standard delivery for a single-property Amenity & Leasing Refresh is 48 hours, so the images can go straight into your active listings and ad sets. Larger portfolio shoots are scheduled with a delivery date agreed up front.

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Start your project

Start with one property. We'll take it from there.

Book the Amenity & Leasing Refresh on a single community — or if you manage several, let's map out coverage across the whole portfolio.

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MerchanFilms

Cinematic leasing and community media for multifamily portfolios — shot to one standard, delivered fast, from the air down.

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