Maybe you will never succeed as a model or an actor, but that doesn't mean your house can't. Location scouts are constantly looking for all types of homes for film shoots, and even if you don't own a million dollar house, it could still be exactly what they are looking for.

"Sometimes, I'll turn down a multimillion-dollar home, and other times, I'll take a very funky house," says David Hatfield, who works for his family business Cast Locations (http://www.castlocations.com), which connects location managers with residences. "Our most popular categories are mansions, estates and architectural homes, especially midcentury modern, but also very popular is the 'Anywhere, U.S.A. house.'"

The only rule that isn't very negotiable is that the rooms have to be large enough for a film crew to maneuver in.

Homeowners need to approach renting their house as a film location like it's a real estate listing. Show it to its best advantage excatly as if you were trying to sell it to a potential buyer. Be prepared for a lot of showings, and also be prepared to be turned down. Alot.

Not only does the location scout come to see the home, but the producer and director, a tech scout, followed by 10 to 20 members of the crew. After all that it may still be turned down just because it doesn't fit the script.

Location manager Christopher Miller says "You can have the most fabulous house in the world, but if the script doesn't call for it, it doesn't matter."

So if all that didn't deter you, here are a few names of companies to get your house on the road to stardom:

Cast Locations and Hollywood Locations (http://www.hollywoodlocations.com)
Madison Locations (http://www.madisonlocations.com)
East West Locations (http://www.eastwestlocations.com)
Image Locations (http://www.imagelocations.com)
Sunset Locations (http://www.sunsetlocations.com)
Universal Locations (http://www.universallocations.com)

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