If someone contacts you and wants to rent your house for a couple of months to shoot a film in, you have to think hard about the inconvenience of either moving out temporarily or at least staying out of their way. But such offers are rare. What is more likely is that a movie or TV production may offer you some consideration for a few days to photograph and film the exterior of your home. That might be an easy choice to make, and it could pay off big time in the future- if the TV show becomes a hit or if the movie is a success.
Take the house pictured above. You might recognize it as the home in which the events of the 1993 movie Mrs. Doubtfire took place. It was used for both exterior and interior filming, although the interior has been remodeled. The archived real estate listing doesn't mention the movie at all, but avid fans and San Francisco residents know.
The upside of having a recognizable house from pop culture is that when it comes time to sell, you'll get vast publicity to draw potential buyers. The downside is that until that happens, you may have to deal with fans wanting to take selfies in front of your house. Read about several such homes that have been on the market since they became famous at Digg.
(Image credit: Steve Gothelf)