I love real estate. I also love photography. So, needless to say, when I found the following site, I was drawn in – and then spent way too much time there. If you are anything like me, visit http://www.celebrityaddressaerial.com/Celebrity/Celebrity.html to quench your thirst for some of the most expensive, and beautiful homes in America.

It features aerial views of 100′s of celeb homes and many of them are ….. WOW.

Here’s an example:

Aaron Spelling’s former home sold for a reported $130M. If you like this kind of thing, check out the site.

Other noted homes to check out are

• David Geffen’s Beverly Hills home (look at all that land)
• Bill Gates
• Oprah Winfrey

There are so many more to see. but beware – you might lose a couple hours.

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The photo in this post is from Microsoft Virtual Earth. Some info in this post was compiled from www.celebrityaddressaerial.com and credit goes to that website

Amazing Video Tours offers photography and full motion video marketing solutions to Realtors, and other individuals with property to sell, lease, or rent. A departure from the old fashion 360 Virtual Tour, Amazing Video Tours takes online property marketing to the next level.

I am a die hard CNBC watcher and have been for several years. I like the fact that they go way beyond the headlines and bring in every analyst  possible to debate every aspect of a story.

I have been celebrating the holidays with family and have not had my CNBC fix for a few days (so I feel out of the loop) but I did watch Nightly News tonight. Tonight I saw some new numbers I had not seen yet.

• 800,000 retail jobs lost in 2008 and they said we are only half way through it.
• Out of Business- Linens & Things, KB Toys, Mervyn’s
• Store Closings - Foot Locker – 140 stores 
                            - Starbucks – 600 stores 
                            - Ann Taylor – 117 stores 
                            - Zales – 105 Stores

Furthermore, they predicted that 25% of ALL retailers were gonna go out of business in 09.  Of course, it was the nightly news and they consolidated the whole thing into 60 seconds so I missed out on all the details, debate, and analyst input I am so accustomed to on CNBC.

So what do you think? If 25% of all the retail stores in America are going to be vacant within 1 year, are we looking at a Commercial Real Estate crisis to follow? 

Amazing Video Tours offers photography and full motion video marketing solutions to Realtors, and other individuals with property to sell, lease, or rent. A departure from the old fashion 360 Virtual Tour, Amazing Video Tours takes online property marketing to the next level.

AmazingVideoTours.com and Suzanne Roxburgh (Tegacaysales.com) are proud to bring you ANOTHER fantastic listing. This gorgeous new home is located in Weddington, NC. Please watch the next generation virtual tour we’ve created for you.

Welcome to Chatelaine, a gated luxury home community located in Weddington, just South of Charlotte in beautiful Union County. Enjoy all of what Charlotte has to offer with lower Union County taxes. Offered here is 806 Beauhaven Lane. A gorgeous brick home with spacious rooms and a very open floor plan with the master suite down stairs. It boasts 4 bedrooms, 4 and a half baths, over 5000 square feet of heated living space, and a 3 car garage. All located on a large level .625 acre lot with generous landscaping.

Please contact Suzanne to schedule a showing today!
Suzanne Roxburgh 803-802-9037
Email: roxten@comporium.net
Website: http://www.tegacaysales.com/
First Properties of the Carolinas

AmazingVideoTours.com and Suzanne Roxburgh (Tegacaysales.com) are proud to bring you ANOTHER fantastic home in Tega Cay. Please watch the next generation virtual tour we’ve created for you.

Please contact Suzanne to schedule a showing today!

Suzanne Roxburgh 803-802-9037

Email: roxten@comporium.net

Website: http://www.tegacaysales.com/

First Properties of the Carolinas

Recently, I spent a few hours researching Charlotte Area Listings to get a gauge on how many Real Estate Agents are making use of full motion video (specific findings in a post to follow). The quick answer is, not many.

What I did find surprised me! Over 3/4 of the agents that ARE taking advantage of their own produced Video Tours and slide shows are using copyrighted music from famous artists as a backdrop for their work.

AGENTS — DO NOT do this! Even though you think that “Carolina on my mind” by James Taylor makes for a perfect backdrop to a Carolina home — resist the urge to use this [copyrighted] music. I’m sure the agents doing it don’t have a clue they are doing anything wrong but they could be getting a call from a record label attorney.

The solution for this is to do a Google Search for “Royalty Free Music” and go to one of the sites to get your music. Now, I will warn you – this is a time consuming process. If you are diligent, you will have to cull through hours (if not days) of music to find just the right songs you like to set as the backdrop to your tours. Then – you have to pay (yes – PAY) for the music. And it’s not cheap. One song can cost you 30-50 bucks. BUT — Once you buy the music, you are free to use it (even for commercial purposes) and you won’t have an angry record label attorney on your phone.

At Amazing Video Tours we only use royalty free music for our Realtor and seller clients. We have spent weeks on these royalty free sites picking out just the right music for each home we do a video on. We don’t want to get sued – and we certainly don’t want our clients getting sued. You shouldn’t either! Good luck making those videos. If you get frustrated — call us!