Episode #115: PMRE Roundtable: Acting, AI, Industry Shifts, Horror Stories & the Future of Real Estate Media

In this packed roundtable episode, we sit down with two fantastic guests:

🎭 Oliver Ward — real estate media business owner & business coach, sharing hilarious stories from his jump from acting into real estate, plus insights from coaching RE photographers.

💻 Ian Kotzman from HDPhotoHub — offering thoughtful industry perspective and touching on a few things in the works for HDPhotoHub.

Together, we unpack everything PMRE brought up for us:

✨ What we hoped to get out of PMRE vs. what actually surprised us

🎤 Our favorite presenters (Eli Jones, Cheyenne Crawford, Alex Coons & more) and why they stood out

📈 The biggest shifts happening in the industry right now

😳 The most surprising or shocking PMRE moments

🧱 What is not changing in real estate media, even with rapid tech and AI advancements

💵 Whether faster workflows should mean cheaper services

🤖 How AI is reshaping expectations, pricing, boundaries, and the photographer–client dynamic

🔮 Where we see the industry heading in the next 5–10 years

And of course…

😂 Horror stories from the field — These are likely to be seared into your memory forever. If you are not faint of heart hang on to the very end for a surprise, unscripted bonus horror story from Rach. This one is Extra!

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