Despite current regulations prohibiting the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or drones, for real estate photography, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) granted an exemption this week to one real estate agent in Tucson, Ariz. According to the FAA, Douglas Trudeau, associate broker with Tierra Antigua Realty, has been authorized to operate his Phantom...
As the McMansion era continues to fade into the abyss, the green building movement is picking up speed with each passing day. In fact, many of today’s buyers are trading square footage for spaces that are not only smaller, but eco-friendly to boot. There’s also much more attention being paid to unique building materials such as re-purposed shipping containers. Yes,...
Jenifer Elam and Lea Harthcock celebrate Elam's winning lottery ticket. Want to get lucky in real estate? Forget selling houses. Join this Missouri real estate company and enter to win the lotto! The St. Louis-based Coldwell Banker-Premier Group has had three agents win the lottery in the past 18 months. In May 2013, real estate professional Jamie Aldridge started...
Photo via Dezeen Shoffices, or shed-office hybrids, are rapidly becoming a backyard fixture for homes across the pond. A handful of London homeowners have already jumped on the bandwagon, combining a home office and storage shed with the help of some serious space-saving architecture. Will American homeowners follow suit? Probably not any time soon. But permits and...
