The Drone Pilot's Guide to Real Estate Imaging: Using Drones for Real Estate Photography and Video - Paperback

by Jennifer Pidgen (Author), Douglas Spotted Eagle (Author)

Drones greatly enhance Real Estate photography and video. The Drone Pilot's Guide to Real Estate Imaging provides information, resources, tools, and techniques for drone (UAS, UAV, RPAS) pilots and offers tips to Real Estate Agencies looking to hire sUAS (drone) pilots. Photography/Video settings, risk mitigation, neighborhood notifications, flight techniques, editing photos/video, creating a policy/procedures manual, "staging" a home, and much more are found in this in-depth guide to how to best capture great images and video of real estate property, whether residential, commercial, industrial, or land. The book is broken down into areas for real estate agents hoping to become pilots, agencies seeking to hire outside pilots, or pilots wanting to break into the world of real estate video. Additionally, the book covers choosing the "right" drone for real estate use, accessories, tools, software, and other practical needs for any successful real estate program. With many basic, intermediate, and advanced flight techniques, any reader should find a path to proficient use of a drone in the real estate environment. Beginning with the FAA certification process and ending with best practices for output to Zillow and other real estate sites, this book covers all subjects relevant to drones and real estate.