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Real estate micro drama: an AI video series for agents

A real estate micro drama is a short 9:16 series that follows one buyer, one renter or one agent through a move, one problem per Episode. It gives an agent recurring video content without filming every week: you make the Characters once, write the season with the AI Director, and post an Episode a week to TikTok, Reels or Shorts.

Start this series See the 5 Episodes

Free: make your Character and its Story as picture-only Slideshows. Real video comes with a plan.

Updated November 2026

Roommates & Rent, made in Character App: she slides the rent across the table to her cat. — Stills from our house show Roommates & Rent, a fictional sitcom about a renter and her cat, made in Character App. Not a client project.

Why a series beats a one-off ad

Listings all look alike in a feed. A story does not. When viewers follow one couple who lost three bidding wars, they come back for the fourth, and they remember the agent who helped them win it. Each Episode can teach one thing buyers actually ask (offers, inspections, closing costs) inside a scene they want to finish.

Season 1

A 5-Episode series outline

Each Episode is 30-90 seconds: one problem, one turn, and a last line that makes the next one necessary.

Episode 1
Outbid again
Maya and Theo lose their third house by $5,000. In the car, Theo opens a spreadsheet; Maya opens a bottle.
Cliffhanger A new listing pops up: same street, $20,000 less. Why?
Episode 2
Too good to be true
The cheap house has a strange smell, a sealed basement door and a seller who will not make eye contact.
Cliffhanger The agent finds the inspection report the last buyer walked away from.
Episode 3
The report
The agent walks them through what is a real problem and what is a weekend job. One line on page four matters.
Cliffhanger The basement door is open now. It was locked an hour ago.
Episode 4
Offer night
Two offers, a deadline at 9 p.m., and an escalation clause Theo does not understand. The agent explains it in one sentence.
Cliffhanger 8:58 p.m. The phone rings.
Episode 5
Keys
They win. The basement was a forgotten wine cellar. The seller leaves one bottle and a note.
Cliffhanger The note says: 'Ask about the neighbors.'

Script template

Episode 1 script: Outbid again

One filmable action per shot. Change the names and the place; keep the last line on the cliffhanger.

Shot 1
Close-up: Maya's phone shows 'Offer not accepted' for the third time.
Shot 2
Medium shot, car interior at night: Theo turns his laptop toward her, a spreadsheet open.
Shot 3
Close-up: Maya pulls a bottle of wine from the back seat.
Shot 4
Two-shot: they look at each other and laugh, tired.
Shot 5
Insert: a listing notification slides onto the phone screen, the price circled.
Shot 6
Close-up: Theo zooms in on the address and freezes.
Shot 7
Wide shot through the windshield: the house is on the same street they just lost.
Shot 8
Close-up on Maya, last line: 'Why is it twenty thousand cheaper?' Cut.

Make it in Character App

Free: make your Character and its Story as picture-only Slideshows. Real video comes with a plan.

1
Make your Character
Make the lead once, from a few words, your own photo, or both, in any Art style. The kept picture is the reference for every Scene after.
2
Build the World
Describe the place (the shop, the office, the street) or start it from your own photos. It stays the same in every Episode.
3
Write Episode 1 with the AI Director
Paste your Episode 1 script, or pitch it in one sentence. The AI Director writes the Scenes with your Characters cast in each one. Edit anything before you spend.
4
Try it free as a picture Slideshow
Make the Episode as a picture-only Slideshow to check the story. With a plan, a narrated Slideshow Story with music is 40 Credits for up to 5 slides.
5
Film it with a plan
Film each Scene as a 9:16 Clip. A 5-Clip Episode on H3 Turbo is 125 Credits; Creator ($39.99 a month, 1,600 Credits) makes about 64 HD H3 videos, or 12 such Episodes. The price is on every button.

Example

What it looks like: Roommates & Rent

Stills from our house show Roommates & Rent, a fictional sitcom about a renter and her cat, made in Character App. Not a client project.

Where to post it

Export each Episode as a 9:16 video, with or without on-screen words, and post it yourself to TikTok, Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts, or run it as a paid ad. Character App does not post for you. Every plan includes commercial use per the Terms, with no watermark. For each platform’s rules, read where to publish a vertical drama; to plan more Episodes, see vertical drama tropes and how to write a cliffhanger.

Questions, answered

What real estate video ideas work as a series?

A buyer's search told one problem at a time: the bidding war, the inspection, the offer night, the keys. Or a renter's first apartment, or an agent's worst week. Each Episode answers one question buyers ask.

Can I appear as the agent?

Yes. Make a Character from your own photo and cast yourself as the agent. Anyone else shown needs to give permission.

Can I show a real listing?

Use your own photos of a property you have the right to show. The series works just as well in a fictional house, which avoids naming a real seller.

How long should each Episode be?

30 to 90 seconds. Long enough for one problem and one turn, short enough to finish in a feed.

What does it cost to make?

Free: make your Character and its Story as picture-only Slideshows. Real video comes with a plan. With a plan, a 5-Clip Episode on H3 Turbo is 125 Credits.