Went to college back in the day for passions of mine in photography/history and I still do film photography today, but I can't make ends meet with it.

Now, if you have the time to buy a great camera, lens, flashes, tripod, etc. and take a legitimate photography course, it could be beneficial.  

Hi All, I do photography as a hobby but also use it to photograph all of my rentals (4 now) I recently bought a new camera, and I was wondering if that can be deducted entirely, part of it, or any of it.

One thing that might be hurting your listing is the photography, those images looked pretty poor.

Photography is what sets our rentals apart from other rentals and companies.

While I know aerial photography and videography is pretty common in commercial/residential real estate, I'm exploring new (possibly unsaturated) markets for something like that.

I'm no photography pro but to my understanding this type of stuff is somewhat common.

If you stage a place well, get nice photos taken (use Airbnb's free photography service), provide prompt responses and good customer service, you can do very very well.

A listing in the higher price range needs certain marketing tools: professional photography (no - your iPhone or even that DSLR your sister got you do NOT count), professional staging, BROKER's open houses - not regular open houses.

Tyann Marcink is a really incredible photographer, and she has some great tips about staging and photography on her blog and elsewhere.