Who is Austin Bagwell?
I am native born to North Carolina. I was born in Raleigh and moved to the Crystal Coast in 2020.
I started my working career at 17 when I enlisted in the United States Army Reserves. I graduated high school in 2006 and worked a few jobs before going active duty in the Army in 2008. I served in the 82nd Airborne Division in Fayetteville, North Carolina until 2010 with one combat deployment to Iraq. After getting out, I became a police officer for a short while and then moved into retail loss prevention and investigations. I worked for Belk, Cabela’s, and TJ Maxx. After almost 10 years, I made the change to IT and working in computer repairs. Being the active and entrepreneur person that I am, I wanted to start a “Camping YouTube” channel during 2020. I reached out to a friend of mine who is a very successful wedding videographer and started asking about cameras. God bless his soul, I must have been to most annoying person alive with all of my questions. At one point, he said “bro, just YouTube it.” And I thought “that’s a great idea.” So to “YouTube U” I went to learn all that I could. I settled on a camera but didn’t know how to use it. That is when that same friend suggested that I look into real estate photography to learn my camera. Back to “YouTube U” I went! I learned everything I could and shot my shot with a realtor who was kind enough to give me the time of day.
Real Estate Media is something that I love. I love the technical aspects, the interactions that I get to have with realtors and sellers, and the knowledge that my media (photos, videos, drone media, and floor plans) are influencing peoples decision making. Obviously, the realtor is doing a TON of work on their end. That goes without saying. But with the knowledge that 89% of home buyers have stated that online photos have helped them make their decision to buy a house, I know that my work is instrumental in their decision making. Also, it’s cool to think that my photos have helped to sell millions of dollars worth of property. My goal is to help people. I have centered most of my career on jobs that do just that, but now, I get to do it while doing something that I love. Taking
