The State of the Smart Home Industry

What is the state of the smart home industry today? What features are people looking for, and how realistic are they? If you've dreamed of a house that turns the lights on for you when you're almost home, or automatically detects and reports a fire, or lets you check on your pet while you're at work, you're not alone! What features would you pick for your smart home?

Read on to see where smart home technology is going: http://www.icontrol.com/insights/2014-state-smart-home/

Smart Home Tech

Our homes are getting "smarter" as new products come out that let us adjust thermostats with our smart phones or set lights to turn on only when an area is in use. As a bonus, many of these products make our homes greener, saving electricity and other resources! Curious to see what's out there? Check out this slideshow: Smart Home Tech at Realtor Magazine.

Drones in Real Estate

Since I already have listings with property views using drones through Synergy Marketing Consultants, it was interesting to see this article: Drones in Real Estate: Soon, But Not Yet.

There's a lot of work to be done, figuring out how drones can be used effectively and safely in real estate: FAA regulations, training for operators, privacy concerns. In the linked article you can watch a video from REALTOR mag, in which they sat down with the regulatory analyst from the National Association of Realtors and talked about how things are developing.

Even though drone use is still fairly limited, I do have two properties that include drone views in their virtual tours! You can see them on YouTube, at the links below:

428 1/2 Doris Road, Grand Junction: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-BEj4InLw4

2059 Stagecoach Court, Grand Junction: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9M8uxbPNWUQ