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Can Drone Aerial Photography For Real Estate Listings Violate FAA Rules?
Can Drone Aerial Photography For Real Estate Listings Violate FAA Rules?
Lately I'm noticing a new trend to add to the listing agent's toolbox. I'm seeing more and more Aerial photograpy done by drones and I can say they are VERY cool! I'd LOVE to have these done for my sellers but am a tad bit worried though when it comes to a higher density area where a listing can't be isolated.
A recent Inman News article titled "FAA says Realtors who fly drones to shoot listing photos are not hobbyists "  goes on to say "In a notice interpreting the special rule governing model aircraft, the FAA explicitly stated that “a Realtor using a model aircraft to photograph a property that he is trying to sell and using the photos in the property’s real estate listing” is not engaged in a hobby or recreation.
Nor is “a person photographing a property or event and selling the photos to someone else. Realtors and other commercial drone operators "are subject to all existing FAA regulations, as well as future rule-making action,” the FAA said."
Where does NAR stand on this? From the article:
In April, the National Association of Realtors and nearly three dozen ... more

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