Air rights is a tricky subject. It can zap the value of the underlying property if not carefully crafted. Time for legal advice. Write about something else.

Because plenty of people seem to buy a lot of hot air from our elected officials? All kidding aside kennith Frazier In all my years as a Realtor, salesperson, Broker/Owner I've never heard of air rights being sold in the City that I live in, or even in the State for that matter.

Kennith,
Are you familiar with coach Vince Lombardi's famous line:
"Gentlemen. This is a football"?

His point was let's get back to the basics.  Don't get fancy. As a real estate student, I wouldn't worry about air rights.  Learn the basics first.  Stick to your lessons.

You live in Seatlle and have a clear view of Ranier. Worth some bucks.

Most of us are not involved with selling air rights.

Write the blog as suggested by your instructor.

It is time for you to add your photograph to your profile.

Nice to see a photo on your profile.

Selling air rights is not one I am familiar with, how high do I have the right to sell?

The seller would literally be "taking wealth from the air", a phrased coined by the engineer William J. Wilgus. The legal concept that "whoever owns the soil, it is theirs up to Heaven and down to Hell" was well and good before air travel!  Since then , the federal government has put limits on air rights. Air rights are property and can be transferred or sold and are an especially important part of real estate in urban areas such as Chicago (https://www.chipublib.org/blogs/post/technology-that-changed-chicago-air-rights/) and New York (http://www.airrightsny.com/). Good on you for thinking about air rights!

I have been in real estate for 15 years and never dealt with air rights.

Exam question maybe but nothing we deal with here in Florida.

Good luck in your Real Estate classes, kennith Frazier 

I teach Real Estate classes in PA, but have never heard of selling air rights.

Great point, Carol!

I loved the immortal wise crack back to Coach Lombardi by wide receiver Max McGee, "Wait, can you take it a little slower, coach?".

i've never had to as much as discuss air rights with anyone.... good luck with your blog post.... 

So go ahead and blog about it ?

You may have to ask yourself what you will be selling... properties or air? I would imagine that "air rights" could come up around airports but I've never had an instance where this came up.  

I would seek guidance from an attorney if someone asked me this question as a real estate agents. Air rights are sold with the real property beneath so, to separate the two would not be something we could speak to on our own as agents.

One of the latest deals is where a train yard in manhattan sold the right to built skyscrapers over top of the rail yard. A whole community will be built while the train yard remains doing what it does, only now it will be underneath the buildings. I would love to have a piece of that one.

No clue... have never dealt with air rights. And I would think this is a question better discussed with a real estate attorney.

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Kennith,

I agree with Wayne Martin 

Agree with all answers. 

No idea.

It seems Krista Jenkins has given you a reason that you could build a blog post on

80-500 ft above roof -State dependent.  

Glad to see you have a profile pic.  I've never heard of air rights being sold.  You either have them or you don't, depending on the type of property you own.

I believe it keeps a property from a building blocking their view with another property.

While I have heard about selling air rights, I have never encountered that issue for any transaction that I have handled.

Outguessing your instructor is not a good idea kenneth. It appears to me that you might not be starting off on the write foot for this business.